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Card 16

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What happens when the erythrocytes enter the capilliaries in the lungs?

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Card 17

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What happens when oxygen binds to a haem group?

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Card 18

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How is a steep concentration gradient maintained in the lungs?

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Card 19

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What happens when the blood reaches the body tissues?

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Card 20

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What is haemoglobin saturation dependent upon?

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Card 21

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What is the partial pressure of oxygen?

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Card 22

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What is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide?

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Card 23

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What does haemoglobin's affinity for oxygen vary on?

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Card 24

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When does oxygen associate (join) with haemoglobin to form oxyhaemoglobin?

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Card 25

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When does oxyhaemoglobin dissociate (unloads) its oxygen?

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