To discuss:
The two forms and the relative amounts of O2 transported by the blood, O2 binding to hemoglobin, amount of O2 a molecule of hemoglobin can transport, and the term used when O2 binds to hemoglobin.
Introduction:
Blood is an aqueous fluid that contains a red pigment called as hemoglobin (Hb). Hemoglobin is a blood protein, which has four subunits: two alpha and two beta subunits. It is a molecule that can bind and carry oxygen (O2) inside the tissues of the body where it is released and enters
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