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Oxygen enters your blood stream in your lungs. Inside your lungs the air pipe branches into smaller pipes which branch a number of times eventually forming 'alveoli'. The great amount of braching increases the surface area so there is more area for oxygen excahnge to occur, making the process more efficient. In the alveoli the capillaries are very close to the surface, so close that the oxygen gas can move across the thin wall into the blood stream. This is facilitated by haemoglobin which attracts and bonds with oxygen molecules.
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In which blood vessels does oxygen exchange take place?
Oxygen exchange takes place in the capillaries, which are the smallest blood vessels in the body.
Name the substance in red blood cells that combines with oxygen?
The protein "Hemoglobin" is responsible for the red color. Each hemoglobin molecule can bind up to 4 oxygen atoms. When fully loaded with oxygen atoms the protein takes on a more bright red color. When deprived of oxygen the protein takes on a darker red/blue color.
Where does the gas exchange take pace in the body?
gas exchange takes place in the lungs, and at the cellular level. In the lungs, carbon dioxide and other "waste" gasses are released from the blood to be exhaled, and oxygen is absorbed into the blood. At the cellular level, oxygen is released from the blood into a cell, and carbon dioxide and other "waste" gasses are passed into the blood.
Where the exchange of oxygen carbon dioxide and wastes take place?
The exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and wastes takes place in the lungs during respiration. Oxygen is taken up by the blood from the air in the lungs, while carbon dioxide and wastes are released from the blood into the lungs to be exhaled out of the body.
Which substance transports oxygen from the lungs to all the body tissues?
Hemoglobin is the compound in the human body that allows oxygen to move from the lungs throughout the body. It's one of the most important parts of the respiratory system, and a deficiency of hemoglobin is life-threatening.
What do your lung take out of your blood?
The lung takes carbon dioxide out of your blood and replaces it with oxygen.
Where the blood takes oxygen and nutrients?
To the rest of the body
What is the name of the liquid that takes oxygen and glucose from the blood around the blood?
Saliva
What is the name of the liquid that takes oxygen and gluecose from the blood to other body cells?
Blood.
Oxygen exchange takes place in which blood vessels?
Cappilaries
In which blood vessels does oxygen exchange take place?
Oxygen exchange takes place in the capillaries, which are the smallest blood vessels in the body.
What type of blood vessel takes blood from cells to the heart?
Arteries carry oxygen-poor blood from the heart; veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart.
How does the heart get blood around the body?
the heart has a four chamber system it takes in the blood with out oxygen, gives it oxygen and pumps it though out the body
What type of blood vessel takes blood cells from back to the heart?
Arteries carry oxygen-poor blood from the heart; veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart.
Where is Oxygen poor blood collected?
Deoxygenated blood is not collected anywhere. Blood is a constantly moving stream - it never stops, as the question implies. The oxygen poor blood goes to the lungs, where it turns oxygenated as it takes up oxygen.
What carries oxygen around?
In the blood, hemoglobin loosely grabs oxygen for transport to the body cells. The red blood cells (erythrocytes) have the iron (from hemoglobin) that takes the oxygen for a ride.
Where is the place oxygen enters the blood?
Oxygen enters the blood in the alveoli of the lungs
