Carbon dioxide helps the blood vessels constrict and relax, and it also plays a role in cellular respiration. When a human inhales, he takes in oxygen. When he exhales, he releases carbon dioxide. Most of the carbon dioxide in the blood occurs in the form of bicarbonate. The carbon dioxide blood test, also called the bicarbonate test, measures the amount of bicarbonate in the bloodstream. Some medical conditions and drugs cause low bicarbonate levels. Kidney Disease. The kidneys maintain normal levels of sodium, potassium, carbon dioxide and phosphorus in the blood.
On June 29, 1967, Jayne Mansfield was killed in a motor accident near New Orleans, Louisiana, on the way to a television engagement. She was buried in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. BIBLIOGRAPHY: May Mann, Jayne Mansfield (New York: Drake, 1973). Martha Saxton, Jayne Mansfield and the American Fifties (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1975).
Hargitay was born at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of actress and 1950s-era sex symbol Jayne Mansfield. Her father was the Hungarian-born former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay. Hargitay was raised Roman Catholic. She has two older brothers, Miklos and Zoltan, and three half-siblings, Jayne Marie Mansfield and Antonio Tony Cimber (from her mother's first and third marriages, respectively) and Tina Hargitay (from her father's first marriage).