Pathology. Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek ÏÎ¬Î¸Î¿Ï, pathos which may be translated into English as either experience or suffering. and -Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î±, -logia, An account of or the study of.
Red cells contain a special protein called hemoglobin, which helps carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body and then returns carbon dioxide from the body to the lungs so it can be exhaled. Blood appears red because of the large number of red blood cells, which get their color from the hemoglobin.
Status: Medical Student. SaintJude said: â. Hemoglobin is not a plasma protein--at least in the sense that these are proteins that are solely in the plasma and cannot diffuse across capillary walls. Red blood cells contains hemoglobin proteins. So hemoglobin is actually an erythrocyte protein. edit: Ah, kaushik replied right before me.