ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sonia is studying where oxygen goes in the body. She investigates how oxygen moves from the bloodstream into the cells. Which structure is Sonia most likely to examine in this work?
A
The veins
B
The heart
C
The capillaries
D
The lymph nodes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The circulatory system is made up of blood vessels that carry blood away from and towards the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood back to the heart. The circulatory system carries oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells, and removes waste products, like carbon dioxide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Name the blood vessels in order that a red blood cell passes through them as it leaves the heart, travels through the tissue and returns to the heart. Elastic artery, muscular artery, arteriole, capillary, venule, vein.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a process called diffusion, oxygen moves from the alveoli to the blood through the capillaries (tiny blood vessels) lining the alveolar walls. Once in the bloodstream, oxygen gets picked up by the hemoglobin in red blood cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oxygen in inhaled air passes across the thin lining of the air sacs and into the blood vessels. This is known as diffusion. The oxygen in the blood is then carried around the body in the bloodstream, reaching every cell. When oxygen passes into the bloodstream, carbon dioxide leaves it.

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