AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Oxygen is carried in the blood in two forms: (1) dissolved in plasma and RBC water (about 2% of the total) and (2) reversibly bound to hemoglobin (about 98% of the total).

Detailed explanation-2: -Hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells. It contains iron, which allows it to transport oxygen. Each hemoglobin molecule can bind up to four oxygen molecules. This way, it can transport the oxygen from the lungs to the tissues that need it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Inside the red blood cell, oxygen reacts chemically with hemoglobin and is transported by both free and hemoglobin-facilitated diffusion. Oxygen diffuses through the cell membrane and is transported in blood plasma by free diffusion and by convection.

Detailed explanation-4: -The arteries (red) carry oxygen and nutrients away from your heart, to your body’s tissues. The veins (blue) take oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. Arteries begin with the aorta, the large artery leaving the heart. They carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to all of the body’s tissues.