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How do muscles oxygenize?

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Muscles receive their supply of oxygen the same as every other cell in your body does, via the capillary blood vessels. They do have their own form of hemoglobin, called myoglobin, which can trap and store excess oxygen for future use but that is relatively short lived.

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