Binding of oxygen to haemoglobin reduces its affinity for carbon dioxide, which is known as
Correct Answer: Haldane effect
Description: Increase in carbon dioxide in the blood causes oxygento be displaced from the hemoglobin (the Bohr effect). The reverse is also true: binding of oxygen with hemoglobin tends to displace carbon dioxidefrom the blood. Indeed, this effect, called the Haldane effect, Ref: Guyton & Hall: Textbook of Medical Physiology page no:946
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