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Q.A rise in blood CO2 concentration, a rise in H+ concentration (fall in pH), and a rise in temperature all shift the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve to the right, an effect known as the:

(a) Chloride shift
(b) Bohr effect
(c) Haldane effect
(d) Hering-Breuer reflex
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The Bohr effect describes how a rise in local CO2 concentration, a rise in H+ concentration (fall in pH), and a rise in temperature -- exactly the conditions generated by actively respiring tissue -- shift the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve to the right, lowering haemoglobin's affinity for oxygen at that pO2 and so promoting extra oxygen release exactly where it is most needed. The chloride shift is a separate, unrelated ionic exchange involved in CO2 tr …

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