BiologyCode 9700
Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- describe how red blood cells help to transport oxygen and carbon dioxide, referring to the formation of carbaminohaemoglobin, the formation of haemoglobinic acid, and the roles of carbonic anhydrase and haemoglobin
- outline the chloride shift, then account for why it is significant
- describe the role that plasma plays in transporting carbon dioxide
- outline and account for the oxygen dissociation curve shown by adult haemoglobin
- account for why the oxygen dissociation curve matters at the partial pressures of oxygen found in lungs and in tissues that respire
- outline the Bohr shift and account for its significance