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the exchange of co and o2 at the capillary level to oxygenate the cells and tissues.

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Blood becomes deoxygenated as it circulates through the body because tissues extract oxygen from the blood to use for their metabolic activities. This deoxygenated blood then returns to the heart to be pumped to the lungs for oxygenation.

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The blood deoxygenates because the oxygen is taken up and used by the various tissues and cells as it travels around the body.

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Q: Why does blood get deoxygenated when it travels around the body?
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What deoxygenated blood carried in the vena cava empties into of the heart?

Deoxygenated blood from the lower body travels through the Inferior Vena cave. Deoxygenated blood from the upper body travels through the Superior Vena Cave. Both vessels empty into the Right Atrium.


What enters the right atrium of the heart?

Deoxygenated blood from around the body.


Where does blood travel travel next after returning from the body cells?

To the lungs


What travels blood around your body?

your heart??


How does the blood flow through the heart through the body?

A very simplistic explanation: If we start with the aorta (the biggest artery in the body), the oxygenated blood from the heart travels through this around the entire body and supplies oxygen, nutrients, etc. The deoxygenated blood then travels back to the heart via the venous systems and enters the left atrium. From the left atrium it travels to the left ventricle and is pumped by this ventricle through the pulmonary arteries (don't be deceived by the name here - the blood is still deoxygenated), to the lungs where it picks up oxygen. The oxygenated blood then travels back to the heart through the pulmonary veins and enters the right atrium. It then travels into the right ventricle and the ventricle pumps the blood into the aorta and the cycle repeats. Essentially you have two closed loops.


What transfers wasteful blood from tissues into the pulmonary circulation.?

Capillaries


What artery besides the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated oxygen?

arteries mainly carry oxygenated blood as they transport blood around the body providing oxygen in order to keep the body functioning. the veins usually carry deoxygenated blood to be recycled.


Which vessels carry deoxygenated blood from different part of the body to the heart?

Which vessels carry deoxygenated blood from different parts of the body to the heart


Why does the blood become more darker as it is being pumped round the body?

As blood travels through the body, it delivers oxygen to tissues and organs. Oxygenated blood is bright red, but as oxygen is utilized, the blood becomes deoxygenated and appears darker. This change in color is a result of the oxygen-rich hemoglobin turning into deoxygenated hemoglobin.


Does the term blue blood refer to the blood in the arteries?

No. Veins, have the deoxygenated blue blood. they travel throughout the body to the lungs in order to oxygenate the blood and turn the blood red. Th red blood travels through the heart and out in to the arteries.


When does blood have less oxygen in it?

Blood has less oxygen in it when it travels through the body's tissues and organs, giving up oxygen to cells for energy production. This deoxygenated blood then returns to the lungs, where it picks up more oxygen to be transported to the rest of the body.


After blood releases oxygen to the cells of the body the blood becomes what?

deoxygenated