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Sladkaya [172]
3 years ago
9

What happens to the CO2 released by the body?

Biology
2 answers:
Sladkaya [172]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

When CO2 is breathed into the lungs, it dissolves in the water there, diffuses across the alveolar-capillary membrane, and enters the bloodstream. As it combines with water, it forms carbonic acid, making the blood acidic. So CO2 in the bloodstream lowers the blood pH.

bija089 [108]3 years ago
8 0
When we respirate or breathe, our bodies convert the oxygen into CO2 so that we can breathe it out and ensure that our blood pH doesn’t drop :)
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