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How are oxygen & carbon dioxide transported in the blood?

April 26, 2017blood carbon dioxide oxygen transported

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How are oxygen & carbon dioxide transported in the blood?

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• Oxygen is carried in blood: 1 – bound to hemoglobin (98.5% of all oxygen in the blood) 2 – dissolved in the plasma (1.5%) Because almost all oxygen in the blood is transported by hemoglobin, the relationship between the concentration (partial pressure) of oxygen and hemoglobin saturation (the % of hemoglobin molecules carrying oxygen) is an important one.