True or false: Blood in the pulmonary capillaries has a higher partial pressure of carbon dioxide than atmospheric air does. Therefore, carbon dioxide diffuses out of the plasma into the lungs.True false question.TrueFalse
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True or false: Blood in the pulmonary capillaries has a higher partial pressure of carbon dioxide than atmospheric air does. Therefore, carbon dioxide diffuses out of the plasma into the lungs.True false question.TrueFalse
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True. The blood in the pulmonary capillaries does have a higher partial pressure of carbon dioxide than atmospheric air. This is why carbon dioxide diffuses out of the plasma into the lungs.
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