"Haemocyanin" Quotes from Famous Books
... form oxy-haemoglobin of a bright red colour, and decomposing easily in the capillaries (the finest vessels between the arteries and veins), to release the oxygen again. The same compound occurs in all true vertebrata, and in the blood-fluid of the worm; in the crayfish a similar substance, haemocyanin, which when oxygenated is blue, and when deoxydized ... — Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells |