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Where does blood get oxygen from?
Capillaries in your lungs provide oxygen to the haemoglobin molecules of red blood cells.
Does blood produce oxygen?
Yes - oxygen is held in red blood cells (in haemoglobin to be precise). As the blood flows, oxygen is brought all around the body and eventually gets back to the heart and lungs as carbon dioxide (which is what you exhale).
What is combining capacity for oxygen?
Combining capacity for oxygen refers to the maximum amount of oxygen that can be bound to hemoglobin in the blood. It is influenced by factors such as the concentration of hemoglobin in the blood and the oxygen saturation level. This measurement is important in assessing the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.
How does oxygen travel throughout the body?
First you breath it in and then it goes through you blood stream dropping off oxygen molecules and picking up carbon dioxide all through the body and then it goes to the lungs to get more oxygen and drop off the carbon dioxide so it can be exhaled.
How cany ou tell if a blood cell is carrying oxygen or not?
Blood cells that are carrying oxygen will appear bright red, while blood cells that are not carrying oxygen will appear darker in color (usually dark red or purplish). This change in color is due to the presence or absence of oxygen-binding molecules like hemoglobin within the red blood cells.
What if oxygen-rich blood mixes with your oxygen-poor blood?
the quality of our blood that rich with oxygen will become low
Why does blood circulate from the heart to the lungs?
The oxygen poor blood (not enough oxygen) goes to the lungs to get more oxygen to turn into oxygen rich blood (has plenty of oxygen)
Why is it important for your heart to separate oxygen rich blood from oxygen poor blood?
If the oxygen-rich blood and the oxygen poor blood mix the amount of oxygen becomes diluted. The cells and tissues need more oxygen than they will get.
What makes the blood red and it carries oxygen in the blood?
oxygen is the answer
Do we have oxygen poor blood in your lungs?
no you have oxygen high blood.
How is oxygen transferred to the blood?
oxygen is transferred to the blood by breathing
Why is it important for your heart to keep oxygen rich blood separate from oxygen-poor blood?
If the oxygen-rich blood and the oxygen poor blood mix the amount of oxygen becomes diluted. The cells and tissues need more oxygen than they will get.
Why is it important for your heart to keep oxygen-rich blood separate from oxygen poor blood?
If the oxygen-rich blood and the oxygen poor blood mix the amount of oxygen becomes diluted. The cells and tissues need more oxygen than they will get.
What color is oxygen-poor blood?
Oxygen-poor blood is dark red; oxygen-rich blood is bright red.
Which chemical in your blood carries oxygen?
haemoglobin carries oxygen in the blood
Is dark blood oxygen-rich?
Dark red blood is oxygen-poor. Bright red blood is oxygen-rich.
Is blood in veins have oxygen?
Oxygen never fully dissociates from the haemoglobin in the red blood cells. There is a lot more oxygen in arterial blood, but there is still oxygen in veinal blood too.
