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Oxygen is used in every cell of the body. It is a reactant in respiration, which gives us the energy to sustain life.
Food + oxygen = carbon dioxide + water.
This results in the release of energy.
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What part of the body carries oxygen?
The air carries oxygen to your body when it is inhaled into your lungs.The blood carries oxygen through you body to the vcells that use it as part of their metabolism.
How much need the oxygen human body?
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.
What does the body use oxygen for?
The body uses oxygen for the production of energy by the respiratory chain reactions and the oxidative phosphorylation which will result in the formation of high enegry molecules such us ATP and NADPH.
What is a complete Respiration?
Oxygen is taken into the body to be used for vital body processes, and carbon dioxide is given off as a waste product.
What percentage of the human body is oxygen?
No part of the human body is made up of oxygen, we breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, oxygen does not stay in our bodies.
What is oxygen used for in your body?
Oxygen is used for producing energy in your body. None of your body's cells can survive long without oxygen. Oxygen is needed for practically every single chemical reaction in your body.
The oxygen carried by hemoglobin in the body is used for?
The oxygen is actually used for everything the body does. It is used for movement of the muscles, some is carried to various body organs in order to work and does its job. the oxygen is the food of the body.
What gas is taken into the body and used by the cells?
Oxygen
What does MET measure?
Oxygen used by the body
What part of the body by humans is used to get oxygen?
lungs
What function does oxygen have in the body?
oxygen is solely used by mitochondria in cells for energy, that is the only reason we need oxygen.
Which circulatory system is needed to carry out the oxygen out to the rest of the body?
red blood cells used to carry the oxygen throughout the body..
Could your body use food if you could not get oxygen?
Without oxygen, your body will die. If you die, you have no need for food. Food does not contain oxygen that could be used in this case.
What chamber of the heart give the body oxygen?
the heart does not give the body it's oxygen it is the lungs. The heart is used to pump the blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen and then to pump the blood throughout the body and add oxygen to the blood cells.
What happens to oxygen after it has been used by your body?
The oxygen goes into your lungs, then into your blood stream. Then carbon dioxide goes into your lungs and thats when you exhale. Oxygen changes to carbondioxide in your body.
How much oxygen does the kidney use?
they consume 20-25 % of all oxygen used by the body at rest
Where does blood go bright colors?
When it is rich with oxygen. It will become dark colour when it contain less oxygen (after the oxygen used by the body tissues )
