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Oxygen Transport

The oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve

The oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve

The oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve plots the percent hemoglobin saturation (y-axis) against the partial pressure of oxygen in the blood (PO2). The blue curve is standard curve, while the red and green curves are right and leftward shifts respectively.

This is a graph of the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve. The oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve plots the percent hemoglobin saturation (y-axis) against the partial pressure of oxygen in the blood (x-axis). The graph shows three colored curves: the blue curve is the standard curve, while the red and green curves are right and leftward shifts respectively.

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