You (a healthy individual) are swimming underwater when you can no longer resist the urge to breathe. This overwhelming urge is probably due to
A. the increase in pH has made your blood dangerously alkaline.
B. the autorhymthic cells in your diaphragm contracting.
C. the decrease in O2 available to the cells of the body.
D. the increase in plasma H+.
Answer: D
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