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Definition The total amount of carbon dioxide carried in blood, expressed as volume of CO2 in volume of blood. PTC The transport capacity of blood for CO2 is higher than that for oxygen. This is also true in the arterial blood where the CO2 content is more than twice that of oxygen. Unlike for oxygen, there is no specific carrier for CO2 in blood. The total load of CO2 in blood is carried in three forms of ‘baggages’. Carbon dioxide dissolves in the plasma from the alveolar air in line with Henry’s law. The dissolved CO2 gives the partial pressure of CO2 in blood (PCO2).
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Cheng, H.M., Jusof, F. (2018). Carbon Dioxide Transport. In: Defining Physiology: Principles, Themes, Concepts. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0499-6_9
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