A shift to the right on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve
A) causes oxygen to be released more readily to the tissues.
B) can be caused by hypothermia.
C) increases the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen.
D) causes more oxygen to be picked up by hemoglobin in the lungs.
A
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Answer the following questions by supplying either the medical abbreviation or the interpretation of the medical abbreviation
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