Xena lights a fire to keep warm, and cook his green root vegetables, which are extremely alkaline. Xena is so hungry, and she is eating all her green root vegetables making her blood quite alkaline for a short time. In a healthy body, sometimes the O2/Hb curve shifts to the right (the green line in the figure above). Give one example of a change to blood chemistry that may shift the curve to the right in a healthy body. Explain what impact this has on O2 delivery to the tissues and explain the importance of this phenomenon in maintaining homeostasis
Xena lights a fire to keep warm, and cook his green root vegetables, which are extremely alkaline. Xena is so hungry, and she is eating all her green root vegetables making her blood quite alkaline for a short time. In a healthy body, sometimes the O2/Hb curve shifts to the right (the green line in the figure above). Give one example of a change to blood chemistry that may shift the curve to the right in a healthy body. Explain what impact this has on O2 delivery to the tissues and explain the importance of this phenomenon in maintaining homeostasis
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Xena lights a fire to keep warm, and cook his green root vegetables, which are extremely alkaline. Xena is so hungry, and she is eating all her green root vegetables making her blood quite alkaline for a short time.
In a healthy body, sometimes the O2/Hb curve shifts to the right (the green line in the figure above). Give one example of a change to blood chemistry that may shift the curve to the right in a healthy body. Explain what impact this has on O2 delivery to the tissues and explain the importance of this phenomenon in maintaining homeostasis.
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