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Bicarbonate ions which migrate from red blood cells into the surrounding fluid are replaced by _____ ions.

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Answer: chloride ions

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This movements of chloride ions into the blood plasma to replace the outward diffused bicarbonate ions is called chloride shift, It occurs to restore the blood ionic balance altered by the bicarbonate ions diffusion out into plasma

The same amounts of Chloride ions replaced the lost amount of bicarbonate ions

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