Definition of Haemocyanin. Meaning of Haemocyanin. Synonyms of Haemocyanin

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Definition of Haemocyanin

Haemocyanin
Haemocyanin H[ae]m`o*cy"a*nin, n. Same as H[ae]macyanin.

Meaning of Haemocyanin from wikipedia

- Hemocyanins (also spelled haemocyanins and abbreviated Hc) are proteins that transport oxygen throughout the bodies of some invertebrate animals. These...
- and bathing the tissues directly. The haemolymph typically contains haemocyanin, and is blue in colour. The heart is muscular and located in the anterior...
- segments, and there is an open circulatory system with a heart, using haemocyanin to carry oxygen in the haemolymph to the tissues. The uptake and excretion...
- the haemocoel by a heart located near the dorsum. Malacostraca have haemocyanin as the oxygen-carrying pigment, while copepods, ostracods, barnacles...
- circulatory system. In scorpions and some spiders, however, the blood contains haemocyanin, a copper-based pigment with a similar function to haemoglobin in vertebrates...
- unusual shade of green-blue, because it uses the copper-containing protein haemocyanin to carry oxygen instead of the red, iron-containing protein haemoglobin...
- conditions with low oxygen levels, haemocyanin transports oxygen more efficiently than haemoglobin. The haemocyanin is dissolved in the plasma instead...
- with all crustaceans, they are extremely averse to copper due to their haemocyanin blood. Caridina multidentata mate in freshwater streams and marshes....
- which carries the most commonly used respiratory pigment, copper-based haemocyanin as the oxygen transporter. Haemoglobin is only used by a few arthropods...
- flows into the body cavity, and back to the heart. The blood contains haemocyanin, a blue copper-based pigment performing the same function as haemoglobin...