GENERAL

• WHATS ON THE Y AXIS OF AN OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE?

  percentage saturation
• WHATS ON THE X AXIS OF AN OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE?

  oxygen partial pressure
• WHERE IS OXYGEN LOADED?

  regions with high partial pressures of oxygen
• EXAMPLE OF A REGION OF A HIGH PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN?

  alveoli
• WHERE IS OXYGEN UNLOADED?

  regions with low partial pressure of oxygen
• EXAMPLE OF A REGION WITH A LOW PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN?

  respiring tissues