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Glossary: Myoglobin
 


Definition
An oxygen-carrying muscle protein that makes oxygen available to the muscles for contraction.

Topics Related To Myoglobin
Iron RequirementThe Condition
"...Iron, a mineral, functions primarily as a carrier of oxygen in the body, both as a part of hemoglobin in the blood and of myoglobin in the muscles..."

Myoglobinuria

Related Topic
"Excretion of the muscle's oxygen-transport protein, myoglobin, in the urine..."

Urinalysis

As A Treatment
"...A red or red-brown (abnormal) color could be from a food dye, eating fresh beets, a drug, or the presence of either hemoglobin or myoglobin..."





Last updated: Jul 26, 2007


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