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What does capillaries in the lungs pick up?

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They pick up oxygen

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Does blood pick up oxygen in the capillaries of the lungs?

Yes it does


Where do blood cells pick up oxygen?

In the lungs, in the alveolar capillaries


What do capillaries pick up to bring to the lungs?

Capillaries surrounding cells pick up blood containing Water (dissolved in the plasma) and carbon dioxide (on the red blood cells) to bring it back through the veins and to the lungs. If I didn't answer your question or you want to ask more, post a message on my message board!


Do capillaries pick up waste matericals from the cells?

yes


What is the substance that the capillaries absorb from the lungs?

The capillaries absorb oxygen at the lungs. This occurs near the alveoli.


O2 enters the capillaries and ----- from the capillaries passes in to the lungs?

Carbon dioxide is produced as a waste product of respiration, and is taken in the bloodstream to the capillaries outside the lungs, where the CO2 diffuses into the alveoli of the lungs.


The process in which blood capillaries pick up digested nutrients is?

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What is the process where blood picks up oxygen and drops off carbon dioxide called?

When red blood cells pick up oxygen they are said to become oxygenated. The process is oxygenation.


Oxygen diffuses into the capillaries of the lungs because there is a?

greater concentration of oxygen in the air sacs of the lungs than in the capillaries.


What are the elastic sac-like structures in the lungs that are lined up with the capillaries?

They are called Alveoli.


When Oxygen-rich blood from the lungs enters the heart at what structure?

The alveoli of the lungs are surrounded by capillaries. As the blood travels through the capillaries, the red blood cells become oxygenated and give up their load of CO2


How are the lungs and the capillaries connected?

The lungs contain air sacs called alveoli which are surrounded by blood capillaries to allow gaseous exchange.