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Carbon dioxide is delivered in the blood from tissues to the lungs in 3 ways:

(i) It is soluble in solution.

(ii) buffering with water as carbonic acid, and

(iii) attached to proteins, especially hemoglobin. Roughly 75% of carbon dioxide is transported in red blood cells and 25% in plasma.

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