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Llamas are able to live at high altitude where atmospheric pressure is lower and the partial pressure of oxygen in the air is lower.
They have efficient mechanisms of oxygen extraction from the air.
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Key terms in this lesson
- haemoglobin
- A globular, quaternary protein in red blood cells, made of four polypeptide chains each with a haem group, that binds and transports oxygen.
- oxygen dissociation curve
- A graph showing the relationship between the partial pressure of oxygen and the percentage saturation of haemoglobin with oxygen.
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