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Transport of CO2
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How CO2 is transported in humans by blood.
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Transport of CO2
This comes from a respiring body cell
5% is dissolved in the blood plasma
10-20% is carried bound to haemoglobin called carbaminohaemoglobin
75-85% is as bicarbonate in cells and plasma.
CO2+H2O
Carbonic anhydrase enzyme
Carbonic acid
HCO3- and H+
H+ ions transported by Hb as haemoglobinic acid. This, therefore, shows Hb as a blood buffer
HCO3- the reacts with NA +
Forms NaCO3
Na comes from the NaCl in the blood
Cl- then diffuses into the cells to compensate for the loss of bicarbonate ions. This is called chloride shift.
Reversible reaction
Reversible reaction
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