Oxygen Transport - YouTube

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• Author:: youtube.com
• Title:: Oxygen Transport - YouTube
• Reference:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXOBJEXxNEo
• Category:: #article
• Created:: 2022-11-13

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• Hemoglobin is a binding agent in RBC that lets them intake oxygen.

  • Oxygenated hemoglobin is called ;; Oxyhemoglobin

  • Deoxygenated hemoglobin is called ;; Deoxyhemoglobin

• What is Heme? ;; Heme is the binding agent inside a red blood cell that allows oxygen to bind loosely.

• How does oxygen unbind from hemoglobin? ;; Partial pressures in the RBC and the plasma force the oxygen to unbind and be released into the plasma.

• Only some oxygen will be in the plasma, hemoglobin will bind most of it.

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