NEET 1989 · Class 11

Breathing and Exchange of Gases

Mineral found in red pigment of vertebrate blood is

  1. (A)magnesium
  2. (B)iron
  3. (C)calcium
  4. (D)copper

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Haemoglobin is a red coloured iron containing pigment present in the RBCs.

Chapter
Breathing and Exchange of Gases
Section
14.4 TRANSPORT OF GASES
Page
8
Words matched
12 of 12

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that haemoglobin is an iron-containing red pigment, directly identifying iron as the mineral in red pigment of vertebrate blood.

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