Patients with the Respiratory Disease Emphysema Lose the Elasticity of Their

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Multiple Choice

Patients with the respiratory disease emphysema lose the elasticity of their alveoli;their efforts to exhale can collapse the bronchioles and cause the alveoli to rupture.How might this disease affect the carbon dioxide content of their blood?

• A) It would decrease because with less oxygen available less carbon dioxide would be produced.
• B) It would increase because there would be more pressure in the lungs that would force the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the blood.
• C) It would decrease because the high level of oxygen in the blood would block the carbon dioxide binding sites.
• D) It would increase because their lungs have less surface area available for diffusion.

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