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... hemoglobin for oxygen is so great that at the oxygen pressure in the lungs about 95 percent of the hemoglobin is saturated with oxygen . As the oxygen tension falls , as it does in the tissues , oxygen dissociates from hemoglobin and is ...
... hemoglobin for oxygen is so great that at the oxygen pressure in the lungs about 95 percent of the hemoglobin is saturated with oxygen . As the oxygen tension falls , as it does in the tissues , oxygen dissociates from hemoglobin and is ...
Page 148
... hemoglobin consists of hemoglobin A2 , which contains alpha and delta chains . A different hemoglobin ( Hb F ) is present in fetal life and possesses a pair of the same alpha chains as does Hb A , but the second set is differ- ent ...
... hemoglobin consists of hemoglobin A2 , which contains alpha and delta chains . A different hemoglobin ( Hb F ) is present in fetal life and possesses a pair of the same alpha chains as does Hb A , but the second set is differ- ent ...
Page 149
... hemoglobin abnormality only a single amino acid substitution occurs , but there may be com- binations of hemoglobin abnormalities , or a hemoglobin abnormality may be inherited from one parent and thal- assemia from the other . Thus ...
... hemoglobin abnormality only a single amino acid substitution occurs , but there may be com- binations of hemoglobin abnormalities , or a hemoglobin abnormality may be inherited from one parent and thal- assemia from the other . Thus ...
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