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hemoglobin
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hemoglobin
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∙ 13y agoHemoglobin is the part of the red blood cell that carries oxygen. Hemoglobin is a protein that has iron on it, and this iron is what the oxygen binds to. This is why iron deficiency can result in anemia.
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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 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 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 part of the blood carries oxygen?
The red blood cells carry the oxygen in blood.
Which part of the blood carries the oxygen?
The red blood cells contain a globular protein called Haemoglobin, which carries oxygen by combining the oxygen molecules to its haem groups.
Which part of the blood carries water around the body?
The part of the blood cell that carries water around the body are the plasma cells
What substances carry in blood?
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 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 part of the blood carries the most Carbon Dioxide?
The Veins carry de-oxygenated blood Haemoglobin, a chemical in red blood cells carries both carbon dioxide and oxygen.
Food in loss of himoglobyn?
Hemoglobin is the part of your blood that carries oxygen to your tissues.
What is part of the blood that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide through the body?
Red blood cells (erythrocytes)
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.
