Which of the following events would be predicted by the Bohr shift effect as the amount of carbon dioxide released from your tissues into the blood capillaries increases? The amount of oxygen in ________.
A) arterial blood would increase
B) arterial blood would decrease
C) venous blood would increase
D) venous blood would decrease

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The Bohr shift effect predicts that as the amount of carbon dioxide released from your tissues into the blood capillaries increases, the amount of oxygen in venous blood would decrease. This is because the increase in carbon dioxide levels causes a decrease in pH, which shifts the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve to the right, meaning that hemoglobin is less saturated with oxygen at a given partial pressure of oxygen. This allows more oxygen to be released from hemoglobin in tissues that need it.

Which of the Following Events Would Be Predicted by the Bohr