Life: The Science of Biology
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Chapter 48.4, Problem 3R
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The reason, due to which bicarbonate ions (HCO3-) leave the red blood cells (RBCs) in the venous blood and enter the RBCs in the alveoli.
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It is the responsibility of blood to carry oxygenated blood from lungs to the tissues via heart and deoxygenated blood from tissues to the lungs via heart. The blood carrying carbon dioxide is called deoxygenated blood and is transported in the form of bicarbonate ions in the blood for its removal. The bicarbonate ions are formed when the in the presence of carbonate anhydrase the carbon dioxide reacts with water.
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