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hemoglobin is the core of RBC'S and it has greater affinity to oxygen
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What happens to the amount of oxygen carried by hemoglobin as temperature increases?
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What is a Chemical in red blood cells that carries oxygen?
This chemical is hemoglobin.
Where is the largest store of oxygen in the body?
In your blood. The protein hemoglobin carries oxygen-molecules between the lungs and the peripheral tissues and organs.
In blood cells what carries oxygen molecules?
Hemoglobin is the molecule in the red blood cell that carries oxygen. Iron is one of hemoglobin's chief components.
What is the iron containing protein that is found in red blood cells and carries oxygen from the lungs?
The iron-containing protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen is called hemoglobin.
Why does the rise in temperature decrease the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen?
The rise of temperature denatures the bond between oxygen and hemoglobin.
What is the difference between deoxyhemoglobin and reduced hemoglobin?
Reduced hemoglobin does not have the oxygen molecules that oxyhemoglobin has. :)
Relationship between food intake and genetic with hemoglobin cycle?
relationship between food intake,genetic and haemoglobin cycle
What is the oxygen in the blood transported by?
Oxygen in the blood is transported by hemoglobin.
What part of the blood cell carries oxygen?
hemoglobin
Which mineral allows red blood cells to carry oxygen?
It is called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin carries oxygen and iron to the tissues.
In an unventilated space carbon monoxide from smoke or car exhaust builds up in the blood combining with hemoglobin to form?
When CO is not ventilated it binds to hemoglobin, which is the principal oxygen-carrying compound in blood; this produces a compound known as carboxyhemoglobin. The traditional belief is that carbon monoxide toxicity arises from the formation of carboxyhemoglobin, which decreases the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood and inhibits the transport, delivery, and utilization of oxygen by the body. The affinity between hemoglobin and carbon monoxide is approximately 230 times stronger than the affinity between hemoglobin and oxygen so hemoglobin binds to carbon monoxide in preference to oxygen. ~ Wikipedia.
What is the site of oxygen binding on hemoglobin?
You have Iron atoms in hemoglobin. This atom is the binding site for oxygen in case of hemoglobin.
What type of bond is present between oxygen and hemoglobin?
coordinated bond (covalent)
The transport of oxygen by hemoglobin occurs in the?
capillaries between the cells in the lungs or the capillaries between the cells in the body
What is the relationship between oxygen and iron in your body?
Iron and hemoglobin ( a substance found in your red blood cells) combine with oxygen and it turns the blood color from a dark color, to a healthy bright color, also iron picks up oxygen, and carries it through the rest of your body.
What is more dangerous CO or CO2?
Carbon monoxide binds very strongly to the iron atoms in hemoglobin, the principal oxygen-carrying compound in blood. The affinity between CO and hemoglobin is 200 times stronger than the affinity between hemoglobin and oxygen. When CO binds to the hemoglobin it cannot be released nearly as readily as oxygen would be. The preferential binding of carbon monoxide to heme iron is the main reason for carbon
