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Biology Breathing and Exchange of Gases General Reasons & Assertions
Published on: August 14, 2026

Assertion: When pCO 2 is high and pO 2 is low as in the tissues, more binding of carbon dioxide occurs whereas, when the pCO 2 is low and pO 2 is high as in the alveoli, dissociation of CO 2 from carbamino-hemoglobin takes place.

Reason: pO 2 is a major factor which could affect binding of CO 2 with hemoglobin.

A
Assertion and reason both are true and the reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B
Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.
C
Assertion is true but reason is wrong.
D
Assertion and reason both are wrong.

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