Audio Qbank – Q291 – A hematologic study

 

A researcher is conducting a study on a knockout rabbit that has a deficiency of erythrocytic carbonic anhydrase. Which of the following combinations of findings is most likely to be observed?

↑ Chloride in venous blood; ↑ bicarbonate in venous blood; ↑ protons on deoxygenated hemoglobin
↑ Chloride in venous blood; ↑ bicarbonate in venous blood; ↓ protons on deoxygenated hemoglobin
↑ Chloride in venous blood; ↓ bicarbonate in venous blood; ↑ protons on deoxygenated hemoglobin
↑ Chloride in venous blood; ↓ bicarbonate in venous blood; ↓ protons on deoxygenated hemoglobin
↓ Chloride in venous blood; ↑ bicarbonate in venous blood; ↑ protons on deoxygenated hemoglobin
↓ Chloride in venous blood; ↑ bicarbonate in venous blood; ↓ protons on deoxygenated hemoglobin
↓ Chloride in venous blood; ↓ bicarbonate in venous blood; ↑ protons on deoxygenated hemoglobin
↓ Chloride in venous blood; ↓ bicarbonate in venous blood; ↓ protons on deoxygenated hemoglobin

 

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