Types of Haemoglobin

Question 1

What does the Bohr shift ensure?

Answer 1

Where there is most respiration occurring, more O2 will be released to help maintain level of metabolic activity

Question 2

What is the haemoglobin’s affinity for O2 in a foetus in womb compared to adult human & how does this affect dissociation curve?

Answer 2

Higher affinity - dissociation curve shifts to left

Question 3

What is the haemoglobin’s affinity for O2 in an animal living in low O2 environment compared to adult human & how does this affect dissociation curve?

Answer 3

Higher affinity - dissociation curve shifts to left