BIOL 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Hemoglobin, External Intercostal Muscles, Brainstem

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Once in the lungs, where the pco2 is low, the reactions above will reverse, and co2 will unload from the hb and hco3- will convert back to co2. The co2 will then diffuse out of the red blood cells into the alveoli. Air contains roughly 21% oxygen resulting in a po2 of 159mmhg. Once in the lungs where the po2 is 105mmhg, o2 diffuses into the blood where the po2 will then rise from 40mmhg to 100mmhg. Here, when the po2 is high, o2 will bind to hemoglobin, forming oxyhemoglobin o2hb. As the blood forms through the tissue, where the po2 is low, o2 will dissociate from hb and will diffuse into the cells. In the tiessues, carbon dioxide is undergoing reactions to transport it back to the lungs. Co2 will dissolve in the blood where it will remain, or it can bind to proteins to form carbamino compounds.

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