As oxygenated blood enters tissue capillaries, the oxygen ____

a. binds more tightly to hemoglobin
b. diffuses from blood plasma into body cells
c. diffuses from interstitial fluid into blood plasma
d. acts as a substrate for carbonic anhydrase
e. reaches equilibrium in blood plasma and interstitial fluid


ANSWER: b

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