NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: BREATHING AND EXCHANGE OF GASES

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Which fact suggests that most oxygen is transported from lungs to the tissues combined with haemoglobin rather than dissolved in blood plasma?

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Correct option: A

Oxygen carrying capacity of whole blood is much higher than that of plasma and oxygen content of blood leaving the lungs is greater than that of blood entering the lungs

Option A is correct because the oxygen carrying capacity of whole blood is significantly higher than plasma, indicating hemoglobin's crucial role in oxygen transport.

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