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Where does blood get new oxygen?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

In the lungs. The blood is pumped from the right side of the heart to the lungs. Air moves into the trachea, the bronchi and finally to the alveoli. From the alveoli oxygen diffuses into the microcapilaries (small blood vessels) of the lungs.

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