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A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed: A Case Study on Human Respiratory Physiology

Journal of College Science Teaching -- October 2005

The dynamics of oxygen transport by the blood can be a particularly difficult topic for students to grasp. A directed case study about carbon monoxide poisoning was designed to help deepen student understanding of the solution chemistry of the oxygen-hemoglobin reaction and the role that hemoglobin plays in external respiration.
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