Carbon dioxide is more soluble in water than oxygen. To get the same amount of oxygen to dissolve in plasma as carbon dioxide, you would have to

A) decrease the alveolar ventilation rate.
B) decrease the temperature of the plasma.
C) decrease the partial pressure of nitrogen.
D) increase the rate of plasma flow through the lungs.
E) increase the partial pressure of oxygen.


E) increase the partial pressure of oxygen.

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