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State the different modes of `CO_(2)` transport in blood.

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Bood transports `CO_(2)` in three ways:
(a) about 7% of `CO_(2)` is transported as carbonic acid by dissolving `CO_(2)` in water of plasma and inside RBCS.
(b) About 70% of `CO_(2)` transported s sodium bicarbonate in plasma and potassium bicarbonate inside the RBCs.
(c) About 20-25% (Average 23%) of `CO_(2)` as carbaminoheamoglobin inside the RBCs .
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