How Does Blood Get Oxygen?

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How Blood Carries Oxygen More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Bruce Codagnone | permalink
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Every part of our body needs oxygen to live. Oxygen hitches a ride with our blood to get everywhere it needs to go. Find out how oxygen gets into our blood and how it travels inside our body.
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For further reading: http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1240-how-blood-carries-oxygen ^[1]

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Breathing - How Oxygen Travels in the Body More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Eva Ledezma | permalink
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When we breathe, oxygen gets into our bodies. How does it travel from our lungs to other places, like the
For further reading: https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Breathing-How-Oxygen-Travels-in-the-Body0 ^[2]

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How Does Blood Get to the Muscles in the Human Body? | LIVESTRONG.COM More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Ricardo Fortes | permalink
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Blood carries nutrients and oxygen to the tissues of the body, including the muscles. A complex network of blood vessels, called arteries, takes the blood from the heart to the muscles. Then a different set of blood vessels, called veins, takes deoxygenated blood from the muscles back to the heart and gets rid of waste products that build up in the...

For further reading: http://www.livestrong.com/article/292708-how-does-blood-get-to-the-muscles-in-the-human-body/ ^[3]

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1. http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1240-how-blood-carries-oxygen

2. https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Breathing-How-Oxygen-Travels-in-the-Body0

3. http://www.livestrong.com/article/292708-how-does-blood-get-to-the-muscles-in-the-human-body/