Assume that during a 400-m running race, the pH decreases in muscle cells from 7.6 to 7.0 while the pO2 remains constant at 40 mm Hg. What is the effect on the oxygen binding of hemoglobin in the muscle cells? What is the implication of this? What is the effect on myoglobin?

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  1. Assume that during a 400-m running race, the pH decreases in muscle cells from 7.6 to 7.0 while the pO2 remains constant at 40 mm Hg. What is the effect on the oxygen binding of hemoglobin in the muscle cells? What is the implication of this? What is the effect on myoglobin?
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