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What is haemoglobin?
What are the main structures that make up a haemoglobin molecule?
What is the primary structure of haemoglobin?
What is the secondary structure of haemoglobin?
What is the tertiary structure of haemoglobin?
What is the quaternary structure of haemoglobin?
What does a haem group contain?
How many oxygen molecule can a iron ion combine with?
How many molecule of oxygen can be carried by a haemoglobin molecule?
Define loading (associating) of oxygen
Where does loading or associating of oxygen take place?
Define unloading (dissociating) of oxygen
Where does unloading or dissociating take place?
What do haemoglobins with a high affinity for oxygen do?
What do haemoglobins with a low affinity for oxygen do?
What is the main role of haemoglobin?
For haemoglobin to be efficient at transporting oxygen, haemoglobin must?
Why do different haemoglobins have different affinities for oxygen?
What does a oxygen dissociation curve show?
Explain this oxygen dissociation curve
If a curve on an oxygen dissociation graph is further to the left then..?
If a curve on an oxygen dissociation graph is further to the right then..?
What is the Bohr effect?
In the lungs is the oxygen dissociation curve further to the left or right?
In the respiring tissues is the oxygen dissociation curve further to the left or right?
What are the stages of loading, transporting and unloading of oxygen?
Describe unloading oxygen at the tissues.
What is an example of an animal that lives in an environment with a low partial pressure for oxygen?
