MCAT Question of the Day


  • Q:

    The Bohr effect serves to:

     

    A

    right-shift the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve in response to decreased pH.

    B

    increase partial pressure of oxygen in response to increases in temperature.

    C

    potentiate binding of oxygen to hemoglobin after at least one oxygen molecule has already bound.

    D

    change the conformation of hemoglobin to a low affinity for oxygen state in response to more acidic conditions.



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