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So hemoglobin floats freely in the blood plasma where it imparts the red color to human blood?
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Only if the...: Only if the red blood cells break apart does hemoglobin end up floating freely in the plasma. That's called hemolysis.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Nope: Hgb lives within the rbc.
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