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Percent Saturation. The amount of a substance that is dissolved in a solution compared to the amount that could be dissolved in it. Try searching Percent Saturation across the entire website.
Percentage saturation of hemoglobin is the percentage of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in blood. The most important factor is the partial pressure of oxygen (PO 2). Oxygen saturation is 98.5%, i.e., this percentage of oxygen is bound to hemoglobin in blood. Partial pressure of oxygen depends on two factors: When oxygen is moving from muscle to capillaries: PO 2 = 40 mm Hg due to poor oxygen content of blood. When oxygen is moving from capillaries to muscle: PO 2 = 100 mm Hg due to rich oxygen content of blood.