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Erythrocytes are red blood cells, and they transport oxygen through the veins by use of hemoglobin--an iron containing protein, brought together from two polypeptides modified after ribosomal construction, that oxygen can attach to.
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What process occurs when oxygen molecules move into a cell?
For starters, blood IS cells. Blood is made up of plasma and white & red blood cells. The oxygen gets transported straight to the red blood cells, and then gets used and coverted to CO2 which is transported out of the cell.
What part of the red blood cell carries the oxygen?
Red blood cells have a protein known as hemoglobin that is rich in Iron making it a favorable candidate to transport Oxygen
What substance is transported by hemoglobin?
The hemoglobin molecule is what the oxygen molecule will attach to in the red blood cell.
Does Oxygen in the bloodstream flow into the cell's?
Oxygen is transported from the lungs to the body's cell by the red blood cells in the blood. The oxygen attaches to the iron atoms that are attached to the haemoglobin with in the blood. (haemoglobin is reason the blood is red. haeme or heme is a red pigment that makes up haemoglobin)
What is the name of the cell that carries oxygen to the human body?
The red blood cells.
What is the function or work of the circulatory system?
the ciculatory system is where blood in our body is transported around the body giving our cell the oxygen they need.
How are the reactants and products of respiration transported in the bloodstream?
oxygen is bound to haemaglobin in the red blood cell and transported around the body Carbon dioxide is transported either dissolved in the blood plasma, as a carbamino compound or in a red blood cell
Why would a shortage of red blood cells result in less oxygen being delivered to the cells of the body?
Red Blood Cells contain hemoglobin, which carries oxygen. Each cell can only carry so much, so if there is a shortage, then the cardiovascular performance of the body will suffer.because oxygen is been transported by the red pigment in the red blood cell,so few red blood cell would result in a deduction of the oxygen in the heamoglobin
Can you die from not breathing?
Cells need two things to survive: oxygen and glucose. Without each of these, brain cells begin to die. If oxygen and glucose are removed completely, the damage continues and the brainstem dies.
How is oxygen transported in the cell?
by active and passive transport via cell membrane proteins
What is the difference between the human red blood cell and a typical human body cell?
The human red blood cell lacks a nucleus, and its shape is biconcave (to allow higher oxygen uptake and to flow through the vessels without hooking onto junctions)
Why is it important for blood to be delivered to every cell in your body?
Blood is a transport fluid. It mainly transports oxygenated blood (blood containing oxygen) from the heart around the body to every cell. Carbon dioxide, which is a waste produced in cellular respiration, is removed from the cell into the blood, and replaced with oxygen. The carbon dioxide is then transported in deoxygenated blood (blood containing carbon dioxide) towards the heart and lungs (through veins) to be expelled from the body. So basically, blood must be delivered to cells in the body to supply oxygen for cellular activities, supply essential nutrients to the cell, and remove waste products (such as carbon dioxide) from the cell.
