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Oxygen saturation curve

Oxygen saturation curve

Due to cooperative binding, the oxygen saturation curve is S-shaped. 

This line graph shows PO2 on the X-axis and oxyhemoglobin on the Y access. The lines indicate that the oxygen saturation curve is S-shaped as a result of the cooperative binding process described in the previous paragraph.

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