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Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. It contains iron as one of its chief components.

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What part of the blood cell carries oxygen?

hemoglobin


Food in loss of himoglobyn?

Hemoglobin is the part of your blood that carries oxygen to your tissues.


What part of a red blood cell gives it the red color and carries oxygen?

Hemoglobin is the part of a red blood cell that gives it the red color and carries oxygen. Hemoglobin is a protein that binds to oxygen in the lungs and releases it to tissues throughout the body.


What part of the blood does oxygen attach to?

Oxygen attaches to hemoglobin molecules in red blood cells in the blood. Hemoglobin is a protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and organs.


What does hemoglobin do in your body?

Hemoglobin is part of your red blood cells. It is a protein that carries oxygen throughout the body.


What substance in blood carries oxygen?

Red blood cells in blood carry oxygen throughout the body. The actual chemical substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen is hemoglobin. Hemoglobin also carries carbon-dioxide when passed through capillarys, the part where the carbon dioxide is exchanged with the oxygen. capillaries are a cell thick for the lower blood presure.


What helps blood carry oxygen?

The only part of the blood which carries oxygen are the red blood cells. These blood cells contain what is known as hemoglobin, which is the most efficient part of the cell, and the only part of the cell, that can carry oxygen.


What happens when hemoglobin is degraded?

The part of the blood that is responsible for carrying oxygen is hemoglobin. The hemoglobin binds to oxygen in the alveoli of the lungs. Then the hemoglobin releases the oxygen at the cells. The part of the hemoglobin molecule that is directly responsible for carrying the oxygen is the iron ion in the center of the molecule's structure. The iron ion changes from a Fe +2 ion to a Fe +3 when carrying the oxygen. Then the hemoglobin reaches the cell, the iron ion decomposes back to the more stable Fe +2 state, replacing the oxygen with a water molecule.


What part of the red blood cell carries the oxygen?

Red blood cells have a protein known as hemoglobin that is rich in Iron making it a favorable candidate to transport Oxygen


Which body part transport oxygen removes waste materials and carries nutrients to the body as part of the circulatory system?

The circulatory system does all this but the blood and plasma are the "part" that you are talking about. The hemoglobin carries the oxygen and some of the waste gas called carbon dioxide but the plasma carries the rest. The plasma is the liquid part of the blood.


What part of the body carries oxygen?

The air carries oxygen to your body when it is inhaled into your lungs.The blood carries oxygen through you body to the vcells that use it as part of their metabolism.


What do the red blood cells contain?

Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, a protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Hemoglobin also helps carry carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be exhaled. Red blood cells do not have a nucleus, allowing them to have more space to carry oxygen.