RAJASTHAN PMT Rajasthan - PMT Solved Paper-2008

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    In blood, \[C{{O}_{2}}\] in transported majorly as sodium

    A)  carbonate                         

    B)         carboxy haemoglobin

    C)         bicarbonate                      

    D)         \[C{{O}_{2}}\] as such

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    In dissolved state 7% of \[C{{O}_{2}}\] gets dissolved in the blood plasma and is carried in solution to lungs or about 0.3 ml of \[C{{O}_{2}}\] is transported per 100 ml of blood in dissolved state in blood plasma. In the form of bicarbonate About 70% of \[C{{O}_{2}}\] (about 2.5 ml per 100 ml of blood) received by blood from tissues, enters the RBCs where it reacts with water to form carbonic acid \[({{H}_{2}}C{{O}_{3}})\]. As carbaminohaemoglobin About 23% of \[C{{O}_{2}}\] is transported in combination with haemoglobin and plasma proteins. \[C{{O}_{3}}\] reacts directly with amine radicals (NH2) of haemoglobin to form an unstable compound carbamino-haemoglobin \[(Hb.C{{O}_{2}})\] Sodium bicarbonate acts as buffer of blood.


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