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The heart acts as a powerful pump to push the blood through the veins, arteries & capillaries to carry oxygen & sugar to fuel the muscles & organs that keep us alive; then carries the depleted blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen & the intestines to replenish the sugar

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No. The lungs oxygenate the blood. The heart pumps the blood through the arteries/veins/capillaries around the body.


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Why does your heart pump blood around in your veins?

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Do the lungs or heart pump oxygenated blood through the body?

Heart.


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What does your heart do in your body?

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