How is the vast majority of O2 carried in the blood?

a. As bicarbonate ion (HCO3)
b. As carbamino compounds
c. Chemically combined with Hb
d. In physical solution


ANS: C
The majority of O2 is carried in a reversible chemical combination with hemoglobin inside the RBC.

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