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What is the difference between oxygen transport and carbon dioxide transport?

Oxygen is carried mostly by haemoglobin; carbon dioxide is carried mostly as bicarbonate in the plasma.

Oxygen is carried mostly by haemoglobin; carbon dioxide is carried mostly as bicarbonate in the plasma. A reliable way to keep them apart is to focus on what each one is defined by, not just the similar-sounding words.

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oxygen transport vs carbon dioxide transport

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