The ability of CO2 to alter the affinity of hemoglobin for O2, which enhances O2 delivery to tissues and O2 uptake in the lungs, is referred to as:

A. chloride shift
B. Haldane effect
C. Bohr effect
D. Hamburger phenomenon
E. Graham's effect


ANS: C

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