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Why does blood from the body need to be pumped through the lungs before it is pumped back to the body?
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∙ 14y ago
Blood is the conduit for oxygen around the human body. If the blood did not circulate through the lungs, oxygen could not be carried around the body. Added to that, decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide is also an essential function of the lungs; the deoxygenised blood needs to relieve itself of the carbon dioxide and collect the oxygen again. The carbon dioxide is then breathed out via the lungs.
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Why is blood pumped to the lungs before it is pumped round the body?
blood is pumped through lungs
Where is blood pumped to before it is pumped to the lungs?
it is pumped to the heart first then to the lungs
Why is blood pumped to the lungs before its pumped round the body?
To remove CO2 and to replenish the O2 in the blood.
What is blood pumped through to get to the lungs and body tissue?
Arteries.
When blood moves from the lungs to the heart it is now?
Blood is de-oxygenated when it it pumped into the lungs, and after going through the lungs, is now oxygenated.
When Blood entering the heart is pumped to the lungs before being pumped back out to the body why is this important?
The blood absorbs oxygen from the lungs - enabling it to be transported throughout the body.
Does the blood from the head flow to the lungs first before flowing to the heart?
No. Blood from the head returns to the right side of the heart and is then pumped ino the lungs. The blood from the head returns to the heart and is then sent to the lungs. If it went to the lungs before returning to the heart, that would be wasteful becase then it would have gone through the lungs twice before going to where it was needed.
Where does blood pick up oxygen from before it is pumped to the rest of the body?
The lungs
Why is blood pumped to the lungs before it is pumped to the body?
so it has oxygen to give to the rest of the body boooyeh ;)
Where does the blood go after it leaves the lungs?
to the heart to be pumped out to the body through arteries
What happens to blood when it is pumped into the thin blood vessels of the lungs?
When blood is pumped into the thin-walled blood vessels of the lungs, carbon dioxide is replaced with oxygen.
What vessels carries blood the lungs to the lungs to the heart?
The blood vessels that carry the blood from the heart to the lungs are the pulmonary arteries. Blood returns from the body and is pumped by the right ventricle to the lungs, through the pulmonary arteries. The blood returns to the left side of the heart through the pulmonary veins.
