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The lungs do not clean dirty blood, although they do allow excess carbon dioxide to escape into the air. Dirty blood is filtered by the kidneys, not the lungs.

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Do lungs clean the blood?

The lungs do not clean dirty blood, although they do allow excess carbon dioxide to escape into the air. Dirty blood is filtered by the kidneys, not the lungs.


What are cures for dirty blood?

Dirty blood is blood that has a lot of toxic chemicals. It can be remedied by detoxing the body, and by clean eating and exercise.


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From the clean air going into the blood.


Is the blood in the heart clean?

blood is filtered in the kidney and infact, lungs (CO2)


What is trace Cyrus allergic of?

dirty blood. he likes clean blood from the girls' bodies.


Is blood going to the heart darker or lighter than blood going away from the heart?

Blood entering the heart from Superior vena cava and Inferior vena cava is "dirty". Bloold going through Pulmonary artery is 'dirty" and is "cleaned" (oxygenated) in the lungs. Blood entering the heart via pulmonary vein and leaving via aorta is clean.


What does clean blood mean when on your period?

It depends on what you mean by 'clean blood' during your period. Your menstrual flow isn't dirty so your blood should always be 'clean' during menstruation.


What is added to blood when it is pumped to the lunges?

Seeing as the lungs act as a filter for your body, they remove toxins from the blood and add new blood back to the old dirty blood. The lungs are a wonderful invention! Actually, the lungs remove carbon dioxide from the blood and add oxygen. The liver is more the "filter".


What type of blood vessel carry dirty blood?

Veins carry dirty blood or blood with carbon di oxide. Arteries carry blood with oxygen to all parts of the body. The veins carrying dirty blood are finally sent to the lungs where they give up the carbon di oxide and take in oxygen for circulation.


What is the difference between the heart wall on the right and left?

one pump clean blood and the other makes the dirty/used blood clean again.


What is the hearts role in breathing?

the heart pump the clean and dirty blood ( oxygenated v.s. expended) to and from the lungs pores which collect the air youy breath.. which is why you breath hard because of such low oxygen concentrations in air


Explain why the blood flowing to your lung is different from those are flowing out?

Answer:Blood flowing to your lungs is full of carbon dioxide, which gets exchanged in your lungs and the blood flowing out of your lungs is clean/purified with oxygen in it.