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Cigarette smokers expose themselves to carbon monoxide. What is the effect of carbon monoxide on oxygen transport? how do cigarette smokers bodies’ adjust to accommodate the increased carbon monoxide?.
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Cigarette smokers expose themselves to carbon monoxide. What is the effect of carbon monoxide on oxygen transport? how do cigarette smokers bodies’ adjust to accommodate the increased carbon monoxide?.

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Cigarette smokers expose themselves to carbon monoxide. ... Carbon monoxide binds to the irons of hemoglobin diminishing the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. The body adapts to the diminished oxygen carrying capacity by elevating the BPG concentration in the red blood cells.

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