Question

How different are oxyhemoglobin and hemoglobin? Where are you more likely to find a higher concentration of oxyhemoglobin, in peripheral tissues or in the lungs?

Answer 1

Oxygen-bound hemoglobin is known as oxyhemoglobin. In the lungs the oxygen concentration is higher and so there is a higher oxyhemoglobin concentration. In the peripheral tissues the situation is the reverse, the concentration of oxygen is lower and there is more free hemoglobin.