Shift (Arrow) of curve (illustration) is NOT due to:
Correct Answer: Decreased Carbon dioxide
Description: Ans. B. Decreased Carbon DioxideCurve Shown Is the Oxygen Haemoglobin Dissociation Curvea. The oxygen-hemoglobins dissociation curve, also called the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve or oxygen dissociation curve (ODC), is a curve that plots the proportion of hemoglobin in its saturated (oxygen-laden) form on the vertical axis against the prevailing oxygen tension on the horizontal axis.b. This curve is an important tool for understanding how our blood carries and releases oxygen.c. Specifically, the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve relates oxygen saturation (SO2 ) and partial pressure of oxygen in the blood (PO2 ), and is determined by what is called "hemoglobin affinity for oxygen"; that is, how readily hemoglobin acquires and releases oxygen molecules into the fluid that surrounds it.d. Hemoglobin (Hb), a globular protein, is the primary vehicle for transporting oxygen in the blood. Oxygen is also carried dissolved in the blood's plasma, but to a much lesser degree.e. Hemoglobin is contained in erythrocytes, more commonly referred to as red blood cells. Under certain conditions, oxygen bound to the hemoglobin is released into the blood's plasma and absorbed into the tissues. Each hemoglobin molecule has the capacity to carry four oxygen molecules.f. How much of that capacity is filled by oxygen at any time is called the oxygen saturation. Expressed as a percentage, the oxygen saturation is the ratio of the amount of oxygen bound to the hemoglobin, to the oxygen-carrying capacity of the hemoglobin.g. The oxygen-carrying capacity of hemoglobin is determined by the type of hemoglobin present in the blood. The amount of oxygen bound to the hemoglobin at any time is related, in large part, to the partial pressure of oxygen to which the hemoglobin is exposed.h. In the lungs, at the alveolar-capillary interface, the partial pressure of oxygen is typically high, and therefore the oxygen binds readily to hemoglobin that is present.i. As the blood circulates to other body tissue in which the partial pressure of oxygen is less, the hemoglobin releases the oxygen into the tissue because the hemoglobin cannot maintain its full bound capacity of oxygen in the presence of lower oxygen partial pressures.Factors which affect the standard dissociation curveControl factorsdecreaseincreaseTemperatureleft shiftright shift2,3-BPGleft shiftright shiftp(CO2 )left shiftright shiftpH (Bohr effect)right shift (acidosis)left shift (alkalosis)
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