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Oxygen is transported in the blood ,specifically in the red blood cells, with the help of hemoglobin. The blood is also the primary transporter for your bodies hormones. for example, insulin is released by the pancreas in order to lower your blood sugar. In order to reach all parts of your body the insulin is dumped into your blood which carries to every last inch of you.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoTwo of the most important substances carried by blood are oxygen and carbon dioxide. Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs and carries it to all the cells of the body. The cells of the body produce carbon dioxide which has to be carried to the lungs by the blood so that the body can get rid of it when we exhale. The blood has other functions as well. For instance blood carries hormones which are chemical messengers.
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What are the two major routes of nutrient transportation in the body?
Some nutrients are consumed by diffusion and others are actively transported from the digestive tract.
What 2 things does your blood supply your body?
Your blood supplies your body with oxygen and nutrients. Oxygen is carried by red blood cells and is essential for cellular respiration, while nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals are transported through the plasma of the blood to nourish cells and tissues.
What organ receives nutrients first when transported through the vascular system?
The heart itself is the first organ to receive blood from the cardiovascular system. Its blood vessels stem directly from the base of the aorta.
How are nutrients and waste and respiratory gases transported to and from the blood and tissue spaces?
The circulatory system, it transports them, as well as hormones through the bloodstream.
How is cortisol transported in the blood?
The adrenal cortex gland pours the hormone in blood. In no time the hormone is transported via blood.
What is in your blood?
blood only carries our nutrients. nutrients are transported by blood.
What nutrients does your circulatory need?
blood only carries our nutrients. nutrients are transported by blood.
What is transported to body cells by the blood?
Oxygen and nutrients.
How are nutrients transported to the cells in humans?
Via the blood.
What carries nutrients to all parts of the body?
The blood carries nutrients to the body. Most of the nutrients are transported to places that needs the nutrients the most.
What organs prepares food to be transported to the blood?
Most nutrients enter the blood through the small intestines.
What are the functions of blood plasma?
blood cells, electrolytes, nutrients etc are bathed in plasma and transported around the body
How are nutrients transported to various parts of the body?
Via Plasma found in the blood of your body :D
What two things transported in your blood?
blood cells and oxygen
What are the two major routes of nutrient transportation in the body?
Some nutrients are consumed by diffusion and others are actively transported from the digestive tract.
How are nutrients transported from the blood of an earthworm to the muscle cells of its body wall?
through aortic arches that function as many small hearts
Does the circulatory system moves the nutrients absorbed by the digestive system to the cells in your body?
Yes, nutrients absorbed by the digestive system are transported around the body by the blood of the circulatory (or cardiovascular) system.
