If the partial pressure of oxygen in alveolar air is 100 mmHg and the concentration of dissolved oxygen in capillary blood arriving at the alveoli is 40 mmHg, what will be the concentration of dissolved oxygen in blood leaving the alveoli?
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B: Oxygen in alveolar air will diffuse down its concentration gradient into capillary blood until blood in the capillary is also at 100 mmHg. After this there is no concentration gradient to effect a net diffusion.
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