oxyhemoglobin
(ŏk″sē-hē″mō-glō′bĭn)
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[″ + haima, blood, + L. globus, a sphere]
That hemoglobin that is reversibly bound to oxygen. Hemoglobin is oxygenated as blood passes through capillaries in the lungs. It is circulated to body tissues by the muscular contraction of the heart. In the tissues oxygen unbinds from hemoglobin and is used for cellular respiration.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Oxyhemoglobin." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749389/all/oxyhemoglobin.
Oxyhemoglobin. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749389/all/oxyhemoglobin. Accessed November 23, 2024.
Oxyhemoglobin. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749389/all/oxyhemoglobin
Oxyhemoglobin [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749389/all/oxyhemoglobin.
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