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Because oxygen is used to burn glucose, the fuel preferred by the brain. At rest, you use about 20% of the oxygen you breathe to keep your brain running.
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Which one of your organs do not need oxygen?
ALL of the the organs in the human body need an oxygen supply. This even includes the organs responsible for delivering oxygen to the rest of the body: the heart and lungs. Every organ requires oxygen. All that can be said in this case is that some organs use/need more oxygen than others. For instance, the brain needs/uses more oxygen than the spleen.
Why does the brain need so much oxygen?
Your cells need the oxygen to function. That's why it's called "cellular respiration."and you blood needs to be oxygenated so it can carry the O2 (oxygen) to other parts of the body.
All human bodys need how much percent of water?
If you are talking about how many percent the human body is made out of, 65%
What role does oxygen play in the human body?
It helps heart and lungs to function properly.Cells utilize oxygen to produce ATP.It is also used as fuel to burn the glucose to produce energy.Then it absorbs the energy from the glucose coming from the food
Body cells need oxygen to carry out?
the process of exchanging gases
What does the human body need a steady supply of?
oxygen
What is the oxygen demand for a human?
In Rest a normal human (65 Kgs Body Weight) will need 250ml/min. of oxygen.Depending on the activity the body might consume 15 times as much oxygen as it needs in rest.
How much of oxygen need for one person?
a human breaths 20 liters / minute with oxygen being 21% of the air this means +- 4liters / min intake although a lot of the oxygen leaves our body again when exhaling (4% oxygen gets taken in by our body, and 4% extra CO2 is exhaled) this means a human body takes about 0.16liters of oxygen / minute
Where is oxygen in the human body?
oxygen if everywhere. In the heart, lungs, blood. YOu need blood everywhere to live!
What must a human body do to get energy from food?
What must the human body need to get energy from food is to use oxygen to produce ATP which will fuel the cells.
Why is oxygen important to every part of the body?
Oxygen is important because our cells need oxygen to survive. If they don't get oxygen then the cells will die the the human itself will die.
Why oxygen important to every part of the body?
Oxygen is important because our cells need oxygen to survive. If they don't get oxygen then the cells will die the the human itself will die.
How much of the body's oxygen does the brain need and what happens when it doesn't?
I don't know how much of the body's oxygen the brain needs, but when the brain does not receive enough, a stroke occurs.
How much silicon is in the human body?
please help i need to know the answer?
Which one of your organs do not need oxygen?
ALL of the the organs in the human body need an oxygen supply. This even includes the organs responsible for delivering oxygen to the rest of the body: the heart and lungs. Every organ requires oxygen. All that can be said in this case is that some organs use/need more oxygen than others. For instance, the brain needs/uses more oxygen than the spleen.
Why does a squirrel need air?
Squirrels need oxygen, just as humans do, so they breathe in air much the same way as humans do. Squirrel blood cells need oxygen to operate their muscels, bones, and anything else in their body, much the same need for oxygen in humans.
Why does paramecium need oxygen?
because they are just like human beings. we need oxygen.
