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A protein within red blood cells that binds with oxygen in the lungs and transports it throughout the body. Hemoglobin is responsible for making blood red in color.
the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood.
Heme is the iron containing molecule and the globulin is the protein. Altogether it is Hemoglobin.
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∙ 9y agoHemaglobin is the protein that gives red blood cells their color. It is primarily responsible for transporting oxygen within the red blood cell to the body.
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∙ 9y agoHemoglobin is an oxygen transporting metalloproteinase that is found within a red blood cell. It carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
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∙ 10y agoHemoglobin is a protein present in your RBCs (red blood cells)
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Which body system cobtains hemaglobin?
circulatory.
Why are you so tired even after 8 hours of sleep?
Could be you are anemic...have your hemaglobin checked out
Why is hemaglobin lower in women?
women have about half the red blood cells as men, so they have less hemoglobin
What in your blood work would tell you if your anemic?
A CBC will have the values for your Hemaglobin and Hematacrit. That is the value that needs to checked for anemia.
Which animals need hemoglobin that is good at binding to oxygen?
Any multicelluar animal with a circulatory system needs a method to transport oxygen...hemaglobin is a good one.
Why while breathing how oxygen only is absorbed?
While breathing only oxygen is absorbed, because hemaglobin in red blood cells selectively absorbs oxygen and not other gases.
Can impaired red blood cell production cause anemia?
Yes. Anemia can arise from lack of red blood cell production, hemaglobin, iron or another requirement for carrying oxygen in the blood.
How do they perform a glucose test?
1. Be sure you are fasting for at least 12 hours. They will draw a tube of blood and test your glucose(sugar) level. It should be between 70-120mg/dL. A more specific test to determine if you have diabetes and how well you are managing your disease is to perform a Hemaglobin A1C or glycosolacte hemaglobin (sugar inside the red blood cell).
What is a respiratory system pigment that carries oxygen?
Hemoglobin is an oxygen-carrying pigment in human blood. It includes iron in its makeup.
What material enables animals hemogloban to carry oxygen?
All oxygen transportation chemicals in animals employ a metal ion in the centre of a globin group. In higher animals it is Iron (the heme of hemaglobin), in the horseshoe crab it is Copper, which is why they have blue blood. In certain hemi-cordates it is zinc which gives them purple blood.
What could be the cause of no hemoglobin present in red blood cells?
I know that but can you answer this similar question for me please what sort of Anemia causes large amounts of red cells to have little or no hemaglobin present the red cells that are ok are not iron deficent odd shape in a blood count red cells read as white cells
Why blood color is red?
Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, which is a pigment that contains iron and helps transport oxygen--and gives blood its red color.
