Biology — Gas Transport in Blood
Oxygen binding, the Bohr shift and CO2 carriage.
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\text{O}_2 + \text{Hb} \rightleftharpoons \text{HbO}_2
\downarrow \text{pH} \Rightarrow \text{O}_2 \text{ released (Bohr shift)}
\text{CO}_2 + \text{H}_2\text{O} \rightleftharpoons \text{H}_2\text{CO}_3
\text{most CO}_2 \text{ carried as } \text{HCO}_3^-