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Card 6

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How does haemoglobin take up oxygen?

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Card 7

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What is it called when oxyhaemoglobin releases oxygen? And what is this oxygen needed for?

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Card 8

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How is the amount of oxygen measured?

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Card 9

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What shaped curve does haemoglobin taking up oxygen produce?

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Card 10

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What is this curve called?

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Card 11

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When does the haemoglobin not readily take up oxygen molecules?

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Card 12

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Why does haemoglobin not readily take up oxygen at low partial pressures?

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Card 13

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What happens as the partial pressure rises?

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Card 14

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What is the change in the shape of the curve called when an oxygen molecule associates with a haem group in haemoglobin?

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Card 15

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What does this conformational change when oxygen associates allow?

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