Breathing and Exchange of GasesHard

Question

The separation of oxygen from hemoglobin is enhanced near exercising muscle (this is known as the Bohr effect) and is caused by :

Options

A.oxygen binding to hemoglobin in the lung

B.carbon monoxide binding to oxygenated hemoglobin

C.carbonic anhydrase

D.the interaction of lowered pH with oxygenated hemoglobin

Solution

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Bohr effect

The reduction in haemoglobin affinity for O2 caused by a reduction in pH resulting from addition of protons (H+) orCO2 to blood.

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