Haemoglobin

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemoglobin)

Haemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates (with the exception of the fish family Channichthyidae as well as the tissues of some invertebrates). Hemoglobin in the blood carries oxygen from the respiratory organs (lungs or gills) to the rest of the body (i.e. the tissues) where it releases the oxygen to burn nutrients to provide energy to power the functions of the organism, and collects the resultant carbon dioxide to bring it back to the respiratory organs to be dispensed from the organism. (Wikipedia)

Preferred Units: N/A

Scope Note:
N/A

This term is used for the following terms: 
Hgb

Approved Date
23-Oct-2013

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