Hemoglobin carries almost all the oxygen to our metabolizing tissues. This lesson discusses physiological factors that stimulate hemoglobin to unload oxygen in our tissues. For example, temperature, carbon dioxide, pH and metabolism all influence the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen. As blood flows through the lungs, oxygen is loaded onto hemoglobin, and that forms what we calloxyhemoglobin. Oxyhemoglobin is like a delivery truck that will transport the oxygen to the tissues. As blood flows through the metabolizing tissues, oxygen is unloaded from the oxyhemoglobin, forming what we call deoxyhemoglobin
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