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Why does your body take in oxygen and transport it to your cells?
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Why is it necessary to have a transport system inside the body of living organisms?
Diffusion (of oxygen etc) takes place across a maximum distance of about 1 cm. Therefore, large organisms need a transport system to carry the oxygen to all cells - and remove the waste (carbon dioxide). The transport system is also used to take cells nutrients - the products of digestion. If this did not occur, only the cells of the lower digestive tract, where nutrient absorption takes place, would get the nutrients they need. Without these nutrients throughout the body, the cells would die. The transport system is also very important in the immune response. It allows white blood cells to get to the site of infection etc. It also is often used to take hormones to their target organs e.g. epinephrine (adrenaline).
Where is hemoglobin found and what is its function?
It is a protein contained in the red blood cells of the body. It allows the red blood cells to pick up oxygen in the lungs and transport that oxygen to all the cells in the body. Once it has given the oxygen it carries to the cells, it then grabs carbon dioxide from the cells to take back to the lungs where it is exhaled.
What is the most important function of the red blood cells?
my teacher says that red blood cells are called as oxygen carriers so therefore they are carriyng oxygen to all cells.......thats my!from calvin_jehnrayes the main function of red blood cell is to carry oxygen and that is done with the help of a red colour pigment haemoglobin which is also responsible for the colour of red blood cells
What are the six functions of blood?
The functions of the blood are:to transport oxygen away from the lungs and around the body; and CO2 from the body cells to the lungs.to transport nutrients such as glucose and amino acids from the digestive system to the cells in our bodies.to take waste products such as lactic acid away from the muscles when it's produced by anaerobic respiration; and urea from the liver to the kidneys and bladder.By maintaining a good circulation, the bloodflow keeps your core body temperature at a steady 37oC.White blood cells help kill pathogens and microbes that stray into the body.Substances like platelets and fibrin in the blood help to clot wounds.
What processes can take place in a root hair cell when oxygen is not available?
active transport and osmosis
Does the respiratory system transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the cells?
The respiratory system is a vehicle for gases to get from the atmosphere into the body, but the respiratory system itself does not transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from body cells.When oxygen reaches the alveolar region of the lungs (that's to say, where the alveoli are located) oxygen is exchanged with red blood cells that take the oxygen to the rest of the body.
Why do you have red blood cells?
The purpose of red blood cells is to transport oxygen from your lungs to the other parts of your body, and to take the carbon dioxide created by your body into your lungs, so that they can be expelled.
What do your red blood cells do?
They transport respiratory gases.They take O2 to cells and take CO2 from cells.
Do white blood cells contain haemoglobin?
No, haemoglobin is only found in red blood cells. It is a substance that is required to take up oxygen for transport from the lungs to the rest of our body.
What is the cell function of a red blood cell?
Red Blood cells transport oxygen to the cells, and they then take carbon dioxide from the cells.
Do red blood cells help digestion?
Red blood cells have only one function, which is to transport oxygen. This has no direct connection to digestion, although without oxygen the body would die, and no digestion would take place after death.
Were do the red blood cells take your oxygen?
To all of the other cells of your body that need oxygen to live.
What substances do capillaries take to the cells in the body?
oxygen and nurtients
How does cell helps in circulation of blood?
red blood cells in the blood transport oxygen around the (for respiration) body and take away carbon dioxide (a bi-product of respiration)
Which blood cells take oxygen around the body?
The red blood cells have that function.
What 2 body systems would be working to get carbon dioxide out the body and oxygen into the body cells?
Circulatory and Respiratory systems, which is to say, the blood transport system and the breathing system.Specifically, the heme cells in the blood pick up oxygen at the lungs and take it to all the individual cells in the body, while at the same time picking up the by-product of cells burning fuel (glucose or blood-sugar) with the oxygen to make carbon-dioxide. When the heme cells returns to the lungs they exchange the CO2 for fresh O2, and the cycle repeats.
Why is it necessary to have a transport system inside the body of living organisms?
Diffusion (of oxygen etc) takes place across a maximum distance of about 1 cm. Therefore, large organisms need a transport system to carry the oxygen to all cells - and remove the waste (carbon dioxide). The transport system is also used to take cells nutrients - the products of digestion. If this did not occur, only the cells of the lower digestive tract, where nutrient absorption takes place, would get the nutrients they need. Without these nutrients throughout the body, the cells would die. The transport system is also very important in the immune response. It allows white blood cells to get to the site of infection etc. It also is often used to take hormones to their target organs e.g. epinephrine (adrenaline).
