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Reduction in pH of blood will...

Reduction in pH of blood will

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reduce the blood supply to the brain

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decreasese the affinity of haemoglobin with oxygen

C

release bicarbonate ions by the liver

D

reduce the rate of heartbeat

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Reductio in pH of blood i.e increase in acidity favours the dissociation of oxyhaemoglobin therby giving upmore `O_(2)`.When this phenonmenon occurs due ot increase in `CO_(2)` concentration then it is called Bohr effect.
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