Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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Chapter 23 - The Respiratory System - Figure 23.20 - Page 869: 2

Answer

More oxygen is released from hemoglobin to serum as the temperature rises, as is the case in fever.

Work Step by Step

The increased levels of carbon dioxide waste, and the fall in serum pH induced by the elevated metabolic rate in a fevered patient, promotes a decrease in Hgb affinity for oxygen. So more oxygen is available in the serum of a subject during an episode of fever.
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