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Is it the hemoglobin that carries the oxygen or is it the iron that is within the hemoglobin that carries it ?
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Heme: It is the hemoglobin that carries oxygen. Iron is part of the heme molecule that makes the hemoglobin
Answered 12/30/2014
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