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What is the primary purpose of haptoglobin in handling free hemoglobin?
Prevent major iron losses
Which protein is responsible for binding free heme to prevent its toxicity?
Hemopexin
What is the primary role of methemalbumin in the blood?
Complex free heme
Which process involves hepatic uptake, conjugation, and biliary excretion in the context of bilirubin transport?
Hepatic bilirubin transport
How is the iron from the heme-hemopexin complex stored after uptake by the liver?
Bound to ferritin
Learn about the mechanisms for handling free (intravascular) hemoglobin in the body, including the roles of haptoglobin, hemopexin, and methemalbumin in scavenging iron, preventing iron losses, and complexing free heme to reduce its toxicity.
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