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When red blood cells pick up oxygen they are said to become oxygenated. The process is oxygenation.

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this process is called oxygenation and it happens in the lungs, in the small capillaries distributed over the lungs.

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respiration

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Q: What is the process where blood picks up oxygen and drops off carbon dioxide called?
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