The Bohr effect is a physiological phenomenon first described in 1904 by the Danish physiologist Christian Bohr, stating that hemoglobin`s oxygen binding affinity is inversely related both to acidity and to the concentration of carbon dioxide. That is to say, an increase in blood CO2 concentration which leads to a decrease in blood pH will result....
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(from the article `blood`) ...relatively constant at the slightly alkaline level of about 7.4 (pH less than 7 indicates acidity, more than 7 alkalinity). The effect of pH on ...
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<physiology> Decrease in oxygen affinity of haemoglobin when pH decreases or concentration of carbon dioxide increases. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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decreased affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen caused by an increase of carbon dioxide; the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve is displaced to the right because of higher partial pressure of carbon dioxide and lower pH. See also Haldane effect.
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Decrease in oxygen affinity of haemoglobin when pH decreases or concentration of carbon dioxide increases.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: bōr Definitions: 1. the influence exerted by carbon dioxide on the oxygen dissociation curve of blood, the curve is shifted to the right, which means an apparent reduction in the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen.
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When blood pH decreases, the ability of hemoglobin to bind to oxygen decreases. An adaptation to release oxygen in the oxygen starved tissues in capillaries where respiratory carbon dioxide lowers blood pH
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