Lecture 3- Gas transport Flashcards
less than …% of the oxygen in the blood is dissolved and this amount represents what is available to diffuse
2%
98% of O2 in the blood is …
bound to hgb
hgb is a … pigment found in …. erythrocytes
respiratory
mammalian
hgb is the predominant protein i nerythrocytes, estimates of …. million hb molecules per cell
250-280 million
hgb is a …. molecule meaning it has … protein subunits, each has a …. group that includes 1 iron atom that can …. bind O2
tetrameric
4
heme
reversibly
O2 carrying capacity of hgb
0-4
the plateau region of the o2-hgb dissociation curve is the …. phase
loading
the steep region of the o2-hgb dissociation curve is the … phase
unloading
as PO2 decreases in the blood, hgb’s affinity for O2 rapidly …
decreases
P50 is the PO2 at which half of the hgb is …
saturated
PO2 is a measure of …. O2 and ONLY … O2 can diffuse into tissues
dissolved
it is critical to maintain a pool of dissolved O2 to supply….
mitochondrial demand
there will be an increase in hgb’s affinity for oxygen if there is a shift of the curve to the …. and hgb is saturated at a lower PO2
left
There will be a decrease in hgb’s affinity for oxygen if there is a shift of the curve to the …. and hgb is less saturated for a given PO2
right
what shifts the curve to the right
increased temp
increased acidity
added DPG