The bicarbonate buffer system would not work very well in the human body if not for the action of the respiratory system, which ________

A) expels H+ produced by the buffer system
B) expels HCO3- produced by the buffer system
C) supplies the buffer system with CO2
D) expels CO2 produced by the buffer system
E) supplies the buffer system with O2


D

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