Question

Give appropriate biological/technical term for the following cellular components of blood containing haemoglobin.

Answer 1

Haemoglobin:

• Hemoglobin is the red coloured, respiratory pigment that acts as an oxygen carrier molecule.
• The cellular components of blood that contain haemoglobin are erythrocytes.

Erythrocytes:

• Red Blood Cells (RBCs) are the kind of cells that are present most abundant in the blood.
• They are biconcave disc-shaped cells and are also known as erythrocytes.
• The red colour of the erythrocytes is due to the presence of the pigment haemoglobin.