Figure 9 - Oxyhemoglobin curve.
From the following article
Anatomy, development, and physiology of the lungs
Richard M. Effros
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo73
The sigmoid relationship between PO2 and oxygen content and saturation reflects the properties of hemoglobin to bind oxygen.
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