haemoglobin function

Question 1

Haemoglobin is responsible for binding …………….. and transporting the oxygen to the tissue to be used in …………..

Answer 1

oxygen in the lungs

aerobic metabolic pathways

Question 2

As oxygen is not very soluble in water and haemoglobin is, oxygen can be carried…………

Answer 2

more efficiently around the body when bound to the haemoglobin

Question 3

The existence of the iron II ion (Fe2+) in the prosthetic haem group allows oxygen to ………

Answer 3

reversibly bind

Question 4

None of the amino acids that make up the polypeptide chains in haemoglobin are well suited to binding with oxygen