6. If a person’s tidal volume is 3000 mL and their respiratory rate is 10 breaths per minute, what is their minute ventilation? 30 L/minute 300 mL/minute 3 minutes/L Assessment question 7. Which is more soluble in plasma, oxygen or carbon dioxide? Carbon dioxide They are equally soluble in plasma. Oxygen Assessment question 8. In comparing the relative concentration of oxygen between an alveolus and the bloodstream, the oxygen is _______ in the alveolus as compared to the blood that is arriving there. lower higher Assessment question 9. The cells of the brain are highly metabolically active and must generate a lot of ATP to function. Because of this, the relative concentration of oxygen within the brain tissue will be _______ than the concentration of oxygen in the blood arriving at the brain. higher lower Assessment question 10. Carbon monoxide poisoning is deadly because the carbon monoxide molecules attach to the heme groups of hemoglobin molecules and do not detach. What percent of which gas will be affected by carbon monoxide poisoning? 2% of the oxygen 98% of the oxygen 23% of the carbon dioxide 77% of the carbon dioxide