The Affinity of Hemoglobin for Oxygen Can Be Altered to Enhance

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Essay

The affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen can be altered to enhance the loading or unloading of oxygen. Describe the changes within the lungs that facilitate the loading of oxygen onto the hemoglobin (and the mechanisms by which oxygen binding to hemoglobin is altered by these changes).

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