Transportation of Oxygen in the blood

In my previous blog regarding red blood cells I gave an explaination of how they play a crucial part in the assistance of oxygen transportation throughout the body. This is carried out by haemoglobin pigment molecules which binds four oxygen molecules to form Oxyhaemoglobin. These are then transported to individual cells within the body's tissue where they are released.
The presence of carbon dioxide aides the release of oxygen from the haemoglobin, this is known as the Bohr effect. Appropriately named after a guy called Bohr it is the adaptation to release oxygen in the oxygen starved tissues in capillaries where respiratory carbon dioxide lowers blood ph. So this basically means if the ph in the blood decreases so does the ability of the haemoglobin to bind to oxygen decrease. As it is the haemoglobin primary function to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues at low ph the Bohr effect allows the blood to unload oxygen for use by the muscles, which is necessary for the body to function.