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What is the biological term of oxygen carrying pigment found in red blood corpuscles?
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heomoglobin..... a comlex compound of proteins with iron......
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∙ 12y agoThe protein that carries oxygen in human blood is hemoglobin.
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∙ 12y agoIn blood this is hemoglobin, in muscles, a related pigment called myoglobin holds oxygen within the muscle cells.
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∙ 13y agohemoglobin
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∙ 11y agoHemoglobin
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∙ 12y agoHemoglobin.
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Which of the iron containing compounds gives the red corpuscles its color?
Hemoglobin is the iron oxygen carrying protein which gives blood its red color
What is oxygen carrying mechanism of blood?
The hemoglobin in the blood that is found inside red blood corpuscles transport the majority of oxygen in the body. Hemoglobin is made up of four sub-units and these sub-units can attract and hold four molecules of oxygen.
What color are red blood cells carrying oxygen?
then they are red if they are not carrying oxygen then they are a purple red.
Respiratory pigment present in RBC?
The resipiratory pigment found in the rbc's is hemoglobin.
What makes up about 40 percent of normal blood and transport oxygen to the body?
Red blood cells (corpuscles)
What part of the blood is responsible for carrying oxygen?
Red corpuscles
What is carries oxygen?
Hemoglobin is an oxygen-carrying pigment in human blood. It includes iron in its makeup.
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 cell carries oxygen or food to your lungs?
its red blood cells or corpuscles which carry oxygen to other cells of the body the oxygen is bind to a red pigment i.e. heamoglobin present in blood cells
Which of the iron containing compounds gives the red corpuscles its color?
Hemoglobin is the iron oxygen carrying protein which gives blood its red color
What is oxygen carrying mechanism of blood?
The hemoglobin in the blood that is found inside red blood corpuscles transport the majority of oxygen in the body. Hemoglobin is made up of four sub-units and these sub-units can attract and hold four molecules of oxygen.
What is the main function of white corpuscles?
Their main function is to carry oxygen throughout the body
What kind of respiratory pigment does a man have?
The respiratory pigment is a molecule that increases the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. In man this is the hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is bright red when its been oxygenated, and a red-purple when it is deoxygenated.
Which component of blood allows it to carry oxyen to tissues in the body?
Hemoglobin: the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues
What type of blood cell is primarily responsible for carring oxygen in the blood stream?
Red corpuscles (red blood cells) carry oxygen in the bloodstream.
What is shaped like a donut and carries oxygen?
Red corpuscles fit this description,
What is the scientific name for the blood cells that carry oxygen to the body's cells?
Red blood cells or corpuscles
