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The oxygen molecule is inhaled (breathed in) through the left nostril or the mouth and then goes down the trachea (windpipe) and into the bronchioles and into the alveoli (both are parts of the lung). Then the blood meets up with the oxygen molecules and turns it into oxygenated blood. This blood is fed into the blood stream and go down the arteries, then capillaries, then into the muscle where they help it work. The blood is deoxygenated and then the blood goes to the heart to be pumped round the body again and the oxygen is taken up the same way it came down and is exhaled.
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∙ 15y agoWe breathe oxygen into our lungs where it is picked up by red blood cells. These oxygenated red blood cells then travel back to the heart, and from there to the other parts of our body that need oxygen.
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Where is the largest store of oxygen in the body?
In your blood. The protein hemoglobin carries oxygen-molecules between the lungs and the peripheral tissues and organs.
What system moves glucose oxygen and carbon dioxide around the body?
Which organ system takes oxygen and glucose around the bodyhyfbhgh
How is the circulatory system like a paper boy?
As an analogy, you could say that the paper boy is like a red blood cell, he goes to the paper shop or depot to fill up his bag (hemoglobin molecule), which is like blood cells going to the lungs to pick up oxygen molecules. Then he gets on his bike and travels around the streets, which are like the blood vessels, to the houses, which are like the tissues of the body. He delivers the papers (oxygen molecules) to the houses (tissues of the body) then he goes back to the papershop (lungs) to get more papers (oxygen molecules
What does blood carry throughout are body?
red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs through the pulmonary artery to the heart and then to the rest of the body.
Does water pump oxygen around are body?
No. Oxygen is held within rebd blood cells which are suspended in the plasma (made up mostly of waer). The heart pumps this suspension, and thus the oxygen, around the body.
What speed do oxygen molecules travel around the human body?
200000 miles an hour
Does anaemia make you weak?
Yes anaemia can make you weak. This is because the body has a lower number of haemoglobin molecules, which are the molecules in red blood cells which carry oxygen around the body. Therefore, the body tissues are receiving less oxygen and can not work as effectively.
What are the two molecules that are produced in you body?
The two molecules that are in your body H2O(water) and oxygen (not sure what the sign is)
What molecules build your body?
the molecules that build up your body are: carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen
Do oxygen molecules go to your toes?
Not only are oxygen molecules are transported to the toes (and other parts of the body), it is essential that they get there, as they are required by all the cells of the body. The oxygen molecules are carried in the blood by a protein called Haemoglobin that sits in the red blood cells. Each Haemoglobin contains four iron atoms, and each of these can coordinate an oxygen molecule. This process is easily reversible and the oxygen is released in the parts of the body where it is required.
What ion is an important part of the structure of hemoglobin because it is able to combine with an oxygen molecules?
Iron ions in Haemoglobin (aka Hemoglobin) ensure the cell is capable of carrying Oxygen around the body.
What component of blood contains iron that binds with oxygen?
Red blood cells contain the substance haemoglobin, which is an iron-based molecule that binds to oxygen molecules for transport around the body.
How oxygen exit the body?
Oxygen atoms exit the dody within carbon dioxide molecules through the lungs.
What carrys oxygen to your body's cells?
The blood carries oxygen around your body and to the body's cells.
A mineral needed in the body that bonds chemically to oxygen molecules?
the mineral is IRON
What carries oxygen to your cell?
The blood carries oxygen around your body and to the body's cells.
How many oxygen molecules are there in the average human body at any one time?
there are approximatly 1120000000 oxygen molecules in one red blood cell with some figures i found i worked it out to be 30240000000000000000000 oxygen molecules, but please if you have a more accurate figure...add it! :D
