Muscle contains a red coloured oxygen containing pigment called

Rhodopsin

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Myoglobin

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Hemocyanin

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Both A and B

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Solution

The correct option is D Myoglobin
Muscle contains a red coloured oxygen-containing pigment called myoglobin. It is similar to hemoglobin pigment that stores oxygen in the blood cells. Myoglobin binds oxygen with its heme group.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Myoglobin.'

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