Why does carbon dioxide need to be transported in the form of bicarbonate ions?     because it is a non polar (hydrophobic) molecule which is not readily soluble to the in the cytoplasm or plasma     because it is immediately diffused out of the lung capilliaries     because it is a polar (hydrophilic) molecule which is readily soluble to the in the cytoplasm or plasma     because it has to be chemically mixed with water to snythesized carbonic acid.

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Problem 8SQ: Due to its partial pressure gradient, carbon dioxide diffuses from cells into tissue fluid and into...
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Why does carbon dioxide need to be transported in the form of bicarbonate ions?

   

because it is a non polar (hydrophobic) molecule which is not readily soluble to the in the cytoplasm or plasma

   

because it is immediately diffused out of the lung capilliaries

   

because it is a polar (hydrophilic) molecule which is readily soluble to the in the cytoplasm or plasma

   

because it has to be chemically mixed with water to snythesized carbonic acid.

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