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Yes. Hemoglobin is an iron-based protein within red blood cells.
When saturated with oxygen it is called oxyhemoglobin and is a bright red color. After hemoglobin releases oxygen to the body tissues, it reverses its function and picks up carbon dioxide, the principal product of tissue respiration, for transport to the lungs, where it is expired. In this form, it is known as carboxyhemoglobin and it is a purplish-red or maroon color.
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∙ 15y agoIt holds onto oxygen so your red blood cells can bring the oxygen to the rest of your body.
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∙ 12y agoNo, blood is blue,once exposed to oxygen it turns red.
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∙ 12y agoBasically, for the same reason that rust is reddish in color.
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∙ 15y agoNo, platelets in the blood are.
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∙ 14y agoIt is the chemical in red blood cells.
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What color does hemoglobin impart?
Bright red
What part of a red cell gives it the red color?
That is called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin contains iron, and when iron oxidizes (rusts), it turns orange.
What gives blood a red color?
Hemoglobin
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 color does the hemoglobin make the cells?
Hemoglobin makes cells red since it has iron in it.
What makes the red blood corpuscles red?
Hemoglobin makes the red color.
Why do you red blood cells contain hemoglobin?
No, white blood cells do not contain hemoglobin; red blood cells contain hemoglobin (and it is the hemoglobin that gives them their red color).
What part of red blood cells give it the color red?
Hemoglobin
What part of the red blood cells gives it red color?
Hemoglobin
What makes the red blood cells dark red in appearance?
Red blood cells (erythrocytes), are red in color because they contain hemoglobin. The heme component of hemoglobin contains iron, thus giving it a red color.
Why are blood cells are red?
Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, an iron-containing molecule that binds oxygen. As with rust, the iron compounds turn brighter red when the hemoglobin absorbs oxygen.The blood in your veins are blue. Red blood is red because the color of oxyhemoglobin is red because there is iron in oxyhemoglobin, causing that blood red color.Red blood cells are red because the iron in the heme group of the four hemoglobin proteins react with oxygen (think what color rust is) to produce a red color.
How does reduced hemoglobin affect the color of the blood?
it changes color from red to brown
