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The hemoglobin in red blood cells carries oxygen.

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What is the function hemoglobin?

help in transportation of the red blood cell through oxygen to the lungs then to the tissue


What does inhaled oxygen diffuse through through?

Inhaled oxygen diffuses through the walls of the alveoli in the lungs, then into the bloodstream where it binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells for transportation to tissues and cells in the body.


Which mineral is needed for the blood transportation of oxygen?

The molecule of the protein haemoglobin has at its centre an atom of iron, as the central part of the molecule is an iron complex. This is why you need the mineral iron in your diet. Without sufficient iron in the diet the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is lowered, and you will soon become anaemic.


How does the blood supply oxygen to its own cells?

Blood cells do not require oxygen because they lack mitochondria. The transportation of oxygen in the blood is accomplished by red blood cells carrying oxygen molecules bound to hemoglobin and diffusing into surrounding tissues where it is needed.


What oxygen pushes blood through your body?

Oxygen does not push blood through the body, the heart does.


Which blood vessel does blood oxygen pass through?

Oxygen and other gases pass through the capillaries.


What are the jobs of red blood cells in transportation?

Red blood cells contain the protein hemoglobin, which binds with oxygen, and transport the oxygen throughout the body.


What is The primary element responsible for oxygen transportation in the red blood cell?

Iron


Oxygen passes from the blood into organs through the walls of?

Oxygen passes from the blood into organs through the wall of capillaries.


What is exchanged in the circulation in the body?

In the lungs, the carbon dioxide from oxygen-poor blood ("used" blood) is released from the body through exhalation and is replaced by oxygen through inhalation, turning the oxygen-poor blood into oxygen-rich blood.


What function do arteries veins and capillaries have in the cardiovascular system?

They transport oxygen and materials through the body, redirect blood flow, and distribute matter to other organs of the bodyThey transport blood through out the bodycapillaries endothelium secretes vasoactive substanceit is the transportation blood in our body .


What is the bloods primary role?

to keep you alive by carrying oxygen through the blood to vital organ and muscles