2006-07-14 12:00:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Hemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport in your red blood cells. Basically? It allows your red blood cells to "hold" oxygen.
2006-07-14 12:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by ellie_belle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hemoglobin is the major constituent protein of your red blood cells. The protein part, the globin, is one of a number of different gene products that assemble along with a "prosthetic group", known as "heme", to make up the complex known as hemoglobin. The heme groups establish an interaction with iron atoms and added altogether, globin, heme, and iron, you get the protein that makes it possible for your tissues to get the oxygen that they need to survive. Red blood cells, or erythrocytes, are just packed full of hemoglobin. Their entire purpose is to transport the oxygen, bound to your hemoglobin, from your lungs to all of your tissues.
2006-07-16 21:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by Gene Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haemoglobin, or Hb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red cells of the blood. The name consists of heme and globin, which means it is a globular protein with haem groups that contain an iron atom that binds oxygen and transports it to the parts of the body.
2006-07-14 22:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by chopper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the iron complex on the red blood cells that oxygen binds to
2006-07-15 05:37:13 · answer #4 · answered by the_great_melissa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a protein molecule that oxygen easily dissolves in, it's in your red blood cells and allows your blood to transport oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. If you extracted it, oxygen dissolves in it so easily that you could actaully submerge yourself in it and breathe just fine!
2006-07-14 19:05:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
2006-07-14 19:04:57 · answer #6 · answered by Ahhh....Me Time 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a protein in blood that combines wit oxygen to form oxyhemoglobin and it helps transport oxygen round the body.
2006-07-14 19:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by cannon_primed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what they use for transfusions a component of your blood,check out medical dictionary for a better answer.
2006-07-14 19:43:24 · answer #8 · answered by pycosal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the watery part of blood.
2006-07-14 19:03:30 · answer #9 · answered by Jester 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This website will explain it to you better than I can.
2006-07-14 19:04:09 · answer #10 · answered by Liz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋