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Write the name of the respiratory pigment and mention it's two function

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A respiratory pigment is a molecule, such as hemoglobin in humans and other vertebrates, that increases the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood [one of the function]. The four most common invertebrate respiratory pigments are hemoglobin, hemocyanin, hemerythrin and chlorocruorin.

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•respiratory pigments function in oxygen transfer in cellular respiration.
Respiratory pigments also pick up carbon dioxide from our tissues and bring it to our lungs, where we exhale it.

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