MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

RESPIRATORY

RESPIRATORY STATION

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Your circulatory system helps to move the oxygen to all of your cells. What carries the oxygen to every cell in your body?

A	blood
B	food
C	heart
D	veins

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Red blood cells – to carry oxygen.

Detailed explanation-2: -Blood goes from the heart to the lungs to get oxygen. The lungs are part of the respiratory system. Your heart then pumps oxygenated blood through arteries to the rest of the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Haemoglobin molecules inside red blood cells pick up and carry the oxygen. These oxygen-rich cells travel in the blood vessels from the lungs to the left side of the heart. The blood is then pumped around the body. Red blood cells are adapted for the transport of oxygen.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Hemoglobin is the protein inside red blood cells. It carries oxygen.

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