What happens when carbon dioxide combines with haemoglobin
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it should be carbon monoxide
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Co (carbon monoxide) is caused due to
incomplete burning of fuels. This reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. We know that heamoglobin combines with oxygen to form oxyheamoglobin. The blood transports this oxygen to various cells of our body. Heamoglobin (Hb) has a greater tendancy to combine with CO than oxygen. When CO is present in the atmosphere, Hb tends to combine with CO to form carboxyheamoglobin. The cells in our body fail to receive oxygen. This may lead to suffocation, or even death
incomplete burning of fuels. This reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. We know that heamoglobin combines with oxygen to form oxyheamoglobin. The blood transports this oxygen to various cells of our body. Heamoglobin (Hb) has a greater tendancy to combine with CO than oxygen. When CO is present in the atmosphere, Hb tends to combine with CO to form carboxyheamoglobin. The cells in our body fail to receive oxygen. This may lead to suffocation, or even death
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Actually it is CO, carbon monoxide, when it is combined with Hemoglobin, it forms a compound called carboxyhemoglobin in the blood, which prevents the hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the tissues and hence reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood.
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