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ISBN: 9781305112100
Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 7SQ
After oxygen diffuses into lung capillaries, it also diffuses into _______ and binds with _______.
- a. tissue fluid; red blood cells
- b. tissue fluid; carbon dioxide
- c. red blood cells; hemoglobin
- d. red blood cells; carbon dioxide
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