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guapka [62]
4 years ago
12

How does hemoglobin act as a buffer?

Biology
1 answer:
dem82 [27]4 years ago
4 0
It has the ability to bind itself to small amounts of acid in the blood, which helps with removing that acid before the blood’s pH changes
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