Answers.comÂ® is making the world better one answer at a time. Arachnophobia, the abnormal fear of spiders derives from the Greek words arakhne, meaning spider and phobos meaning fear.
Hemoglobin (/ËhiËmÉËÉ¡loÊbáµ»n, ËhÉ-, -moÊ-/); also spelled haemoglobin and abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates (with the exception of the fish family Channichthyidae) as well as the tissues of some invertebrates.
Hemoglobin is a protein that is carried by red cells. It picks up oxygen in the lungs and delivers it to the peripheral tissues to maintain the viability of cells. Hemoglobin is made from two similar proteins that stick together. Both proteins must be present for the hemoglobin to pick up and release oxygen normally. One of the component proteins is called alpha, the other is beta. Before birth, the beta protein is not expressed. A hemoglobin protein found only during fetal development, called gamma, substitutes up until birth.