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What is the affect on the red cell containing this altered hemoglobin?
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What substance is the iron containing protein found in red blood cell?
Hemoglobin
Which substance is the iron containing protein found in red blood cell?
Hemoglobin
The molecule responsible for carrying oxygen through the human body is?
hemogoblin
What is normochromic cells?
* Cell color (blood cells): (generally refers to the staining characteristics which reflects the hemoglobin concentration. Terms that describe hemoglobin content end with "chromic".) ~ normochromic (sufficient or normal amounts of hemoglobin) ~ hyperchromic (containing an unusually high concentration of hemoglobin in its cytoplasm) ~ hypochromic (containing an abnormally low concentration of hemoglobin)
How does disease affect the cell?
Sickle cell disease is a mutation in the gene that codes for hemoglobin, which causes the hemoglobin and the cell to become elongated and look like a sickle rather than its normal disc shape.
What is the blood cell containing hemoglobin?
Red blood cells (also called erythrocytes)
What are the features of a red blood cell?
There are the double-concave discs without nucleus, containing hemoglobin transfering an oxygen for tissues.
What words are involved with sickle cell disease?
Not containing enough Red blood cells. From African and Indian decent. Sickle cell disease is a defective hemoglobin.
What special features a red blood cell?
There are the double-concave discs without nucleus, containing hemoglobin transfering an oxygen for tissues.
What part of the blood cell carries oxygen?
hemoglobin
How do damaged red blood cells affect the animal?
there is an inability for Oxygen to properly bond to the Hemoglobin molecules in the damaged cell
What does the medical abbreviation HB mean?
Hb means hemoglobin in the medical context.High BloodpressureMost often Hb stand for hemoglobin, which is a measure of the iron containing part of the red blood cell that carries oxygen.In cardiology it can also stand for heart block.
