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Hemoglobin is the substance in the blood that picks up oxygen. Hemoglobin is found on red blood cells.

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What substance in the blood picks up oxygen?

Erythrocytes


What substance is formed when hemoglobin in the red blood cells picks up oxygen in the lungs?

carbon dioide


Where does blood pickup oxygen?

Blood picks up oxygen from the lungs.


What does the heart deliver to our lungs?

Blood with no oxygen (the blood that flows to the heart picks up oxygen from the lungs).


The blood picks up oxygen from which body part?

The lungs


What happens when the blood passes the lung?

It picks up oxygen


What red blood cell pick up in the lung?

Red blood cells pick up oxygen and deposit carbon dioxide at the lungs


What pick up in the lungs by the blood?

The blood picks up oxygen in the lungs and gives it to all the organs in the body that needs it.


Where does blood pick up this oxygen?

Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs when it diffuses across the thin walls of the alveoli into the bloodstream. This oxygen is then carried by red blood cells to tissues throughout the body.


What is the relationship between oxygen and iron in your body?

Iron and hemoglobin ( a substance found in your red blood cells) combine with oxygen and it turns the blood color from a dark color, to a healthy bright color, also iron picks up oxygen, and carries it through the rest of your body.


Does the blood pick up oxygen in the lungs?

No, it does everything except picks up oxygen in the LUNGS. It gives up carbon dioxide instead! :)


Where in a mammal's body does oxygen enter the bloodstream?

Blood picks up oxygen and releases carbon dioxide in the lungs.