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Carbonic anhydrase is found in

Updated On: Jun 7, 2022
  • eosinophils
  • lymphocytes
  • erythrocytes
  • platelets.
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Carbonic anhydrase is an enzyme present in red blood cells and kidney cells.It catalyses the reaction between carbon dioxide and water to form carbonic acid which subsequently dissociates into H and HCO ions. This reaction is one of the fastest known and controls the elimination of carbon dioxide from the body and the pH of urine. It also faciliates the transfer of COfrom the tissues to the blood and from the blood to the alveoi of lungs.
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Breathing and Exchange of Gases

A metabolic process, which is carried out by all living organisms including plants, animals, and humans for the production of energy and to stay alive is Respiration.  Except for required anaerobes, every other organism from amoeba to humans needs oxygen for survival. And evolution has reported a number of systems that allows the exchange of gases in organisms.

There are two types of respiration such as;

  1. Aerobic respiration — to produce energy, it occurs in the presence of oxygen
  2. Anaerobic respiration — to produce energy, occurs in the absence of oxygen

Breathing can be simply derived as the process of inhaling oxygen gas from the atmosphere and exhaling the carbon dioxide gas back into the atmosphere is termed breathing and the process is commonly known as respiration.

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