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Carbon monoxide displaces oxygen from the hemoglobin molecule in the red blood cell. There are four binding sites for oxygen on each Hgb molecule. As the CO level rises, oxygen is increasingly displaced until, ultimately, little oxygen can be carried by the Hgb molecule and cells then die.

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