When Humans Take Short Trips to Places of High Altitude

question 89

Multiple Choice

When humans take short trips to places of high altitude, their hemoglobin

• A) is more saturated with O₂ than it was at lower altitudes.
• B) delivers more O₂ to tissues as the level of BPG increases.
• C) quickly becomes more concentrated in red blood cells than it was at lower altitudes.
• D) shifts its O₂-binding/dissociation curve to the left.
• E) resembles fetal hemoglobin in terms of its O₂-binding function.

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