At the end of this activity, students should be able to explain the role of respiratory pigments in the transport of oxygen by body fluids, present the structure of hemoglobin A, describe the oxygen dissociation curve for hemoglobin, explain the physiological importance of the Bohr effect and the role of BPG in the transport of oxygen by hemoglobin, explain the association between the high oxygen affinity of fetal myoglobin and hemoglobin and their functions, and describe carbon dioxide transport and the role of hemoglobin in this process.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.