explain the hamburger's phenomenon and haldane's effect in detail.

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To maintain the ionic balance , chloride ions move into the erythrocytes in exchange of bicarbonates  moving out of the erythrocytes. This phenomenon is called chloride shift or hamburger's phenomenon. Bicarbonates  ions are generated in RBC as a result of activity of carbonic anhydrase on carbon dioxide. 

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https://www.meritnation.com/ask-answer/question/hamburger-phenomenon-is-associated-with-transport-ofa-oxygen/breathing-and-exchange-of-gases/7306123

Haldane effect​ propose that when blood gets deoxygenated, its ability to carry carbon dioxide​ increase. In other words, oxygenated blood has a decreased capacity for carbon dioxide.

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