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Blood contains a specific pigment called haemoglobin which can bind to both oxygen and carbon dioxide, although it has higher affinity for oxygen. Oxygen binds with haemoglobin to form oxyhaemoglobin while carbon dioxide forms carbaminoglobin. Both these complexes are able to dissolve in blood and hence can be circulated through the body.

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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.


What system delivers food and oxygen to body cells and carries carbon dioxide and other waste products away from body cells?

The circulatory system delivers food and oxygen to body cells through the bloodstream, which is pumped by the heart. It also carries carbon dioxide and other waste products away from body cells to be eliminated from the body.


Which human body system delivers oxygen nutrients and hormones to cells and carries carbon dioxide ammonia and other wastes away from cells?

The circulatory system is responsible for delivering oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells through the blood. It also helps eliminate waste products like carbon dioxide and ammonia by transporting them away from cells for excretion.


Why purification of blood also referred to as gaseous exchange?

The blood carries both nutrients (food) and wastes to and from cells. At the lungs carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen and at the kidneys blood is filtered and wastes and some water is lost. Most of the water is retained.


Sponges eliminate carbon dioxide and cellular wastes by?

Sponges eliminate carbon dioxide and cellular wastes through diffusion. As water flows through their pores, oxygen and nutrients are absorbed, while waste products are released into the surrounding water. Sponges do not have specialized organs for excretion, relying instead on passive diffusion.

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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.


What does the blood do for the pinky?

The same thing it does for all the other parts of the body...supplies oxygen, glucose, carries away carbon dioxide and other wastes.


Why your heart is the most important thing in your body?

The heart pumps blood that has nutrients and oxygen to every cell in your body and carries wastes and carbon dioxide away.


To get oxygen in your system and wastes out.?

Breathing involves getting oxygen into your system and it expels carbon dioxide, which is a waste.


What carries carbon dioxide wastes away from the cells of the body?

Red blood cells carry most carbon dioxide wastes away from the cells of the body.


Do capillaries exchange food and oxygen for wastes and carbon dioxide from the tissues?

Yes, they do. Just as humans do.


What is your blood carrying around in your body?

Blood carries many things: oxygen, carbon dioxide, electrolytes and various wastes.


What system takes food and oxygen to each cell and carries away the waste?

Plasma carries oxygen to and from cells. Plasma is 90% water.Oxygen and carbon dioxide attaches to the hemoglobin in red blood cells.


How do carbon dioxide and nitrogen wastes get into you blood?

it wastes


What does the circulatory system do in the aye-aye's body?

The circulatory system performs the same function in all animals. It circulates blood, which carries nutrients and oxygen to the cells while carrying away wastes and carbon dioxide.


What are photosynthesis's wastes?

carbon dioxide


Is a chemical reaction in cells that needs oxygen to release energy and produces carbon dioxide and water as wastes?

Respiration