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What kind of chemical is in your red blood cells that can pick up oxygen and carbon dioxide?
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hemoglobin
it contains Iron (Fe) which is why its important to get a source of iron in your diet
Each hemoglobin can carry 4 oxygen molecules-if oxygen was not bound in hemoglobin the blood would not be able to have a high enough saturation to supply tissues
Carbon dioxide does not use hemoglobin as much as oxygen and more carbon dioxide can be dissolved in the blood itself compared to oxygen
Also using the bicarbonate buffer CO2 is converted into HCO3- which can be even more dissolved in the blood than CO2 alone
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What substance in blood carries oxygen?
Red blood cells in blood carry oxygen throughout the body. The actual chemical substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen is hemoglobin. Hemoglobin also carries carbon-dioxide when passed through capillarys, the part where the carbon dioxide is exchanged with the oxygen. capillaries are a cell thick for the lower blood presure.
How does the oxygen change to carbon dioxide?
The primary function of the respiratory system is to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Inhaled oxygenenters the lungs and reaches the alveoli. Oxygen passes quickly through this air-blood barrier into the blood in the capillaries. Similarly, carbon dioxide passes from the blood into the alveoli and is then exhaled.
Where does the oxygen and carbon dioxide go after diffusion?
Oxygen (O2) goes to ur blood and carbon dioxide (CO2) goes back to the atmosphere.
How will you describe the sequence of oxygen carbon-dioxide and blood flow?
Oxygen in & carbon dioxide out. The change occurs within the cells and blood carries the gasses between the lungs and the cells.
How will you describe the sequences of oxygen carbon dioxide and blood flow?
Oxygen in & carbon dioxide out. The change occurs within the cells and blood carries the gasses between the lungs and the cells.
What chemical allows red blood cells to carry oxygen and carbon dioxide?
hemoglobin
What Blood which contains carbon dioxide and lack oxygen?
Venous blood is loaded with carbon dioxide and low in oxygen Arterial blood is rich in oxygen with little carbon dioxide
What type of blood has low oxygen and high carbon dioxide?
Deoxygenated blood is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide.
Capillaries exchange food oxygen and what?
They exchange water, oxygen and carbon dioxide, as well as nutrient and waste chemical substances between blood and surrounding tissues.
What do your lung take out of your blood?
The lung takes carbon dioxide out of your blood and replaces it with oxygen.
List the mechanisms for transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood?
The mechanisms for transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood are the lungs. The blood vessels are also needed for transporting oxygen and dispelling carbon dioxide.
How oxygen and carbon dioxide are carried by the blood?
Mostly nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
What parts of the hearte is the blood rich in oxygen or carbon dioxide?
What parts of the hearts is the blood rich in oxygen or carbon dioxide
Which gas passes into the blood from the alveoli?
ravioli
What supplies oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide from the blood stream?
Lungs and Lungs. Blood that contains carbon dioxide means it is lacking oxygen, and the carbon dioxide was put into the blood as a waste product by all the other organs. The blood then reaches the lungs and exchanges the carbon dioxide for oxygen. The now oxygen-rich blood is transported to the heart where it is pumped throughout the body, and the carbon dioxide is exhaled from the lungs.
Where does the heart pump blood low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide?
The heart pumps blood low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide to the lungs, where blood releases carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen.
What gases pass from the blood to the lungs?
blood takes oxygen and gives carbon dioxide to the lungs
