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... red blood cells oxygen is combined with hemoglobin , a protein containing four identical subunits , during its transfer from the lungs to the muscles . Muscle contains myoglobin , which has a structure similar to a single sub- unit of ...
... red blood cells oxygen is combined with hemoglobin , a protein containing four identical subunits , during its transfer from the lungs to the muscles . Muscle contains myoglobin , which has a structure similar to a single sub- unit of ...
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... cells in the caudal part of the red nucleus , an encapsulated cell group in the midbrain tegmentum ( see Figure 18 ) . Fibres of this tract decussate at midbrain levels , descend in the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord ( overlapping ...
... cells in the caudal part of the red nucleus , an encapsulated cell group in the midbrain tegmentum ( see Figure 18 ) . Fibres of this tract decussate at midbrain levels , descend in the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord ( overlapping ...
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... blood pressure ) , and erythropoietin , a glycoprotein hormone important in formation of red blood cells . While the autonomic nervous system is not crucial to these functions , the fine - tuning of some of these processes is regulated ...
... blood pressure ) , and erythropoietin , a glycoprotein hormone important in formation of red blood cells . While the autonomic nervous system is not crucial to these functions , the fine - tuning of some of these processes is regulated ...
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