What happens to a red blood cell when it goes through the circulatory system?

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anonymous · Answer

It picks up oxygen and then transports it and receives CO2 in the capillaries in the body. Then it goes back into the heart into the ventricles and then pumped back into the body.

poopsiedoodle · Answer

Well, I was hoping for something more detailed, since I have to do a project on it...

anonymous · Answer

Alright basically the oxygen attaches to the hemoglobin in blood and the ventricles pump the blood to various parts in the body, and they unload the o2 and then attach co2 to the iron in te hemoglobins in the capillaries. The aorta is the main pathway for transporting blood away from the heart and the vena cavas transport blood to the heart. The arteries have thick smooth walls to support the high blood pressure from pumping. The veins are not as thick, and hey have valves to prevent blood from flowing back. The heart start with an electric pulse from the EV node and contracts the purkinje muscles in the heart. Is there any specific part of the circulatory system you want to know? There is a lot

thomaster · Answer

I did research on erytrocytes during a project about anemia. I wrote a report about it but it's all in dutch so i think you can't read it. If you would like i can translate it for you but that would be tomorrow (it's 0:36 AM atm here :P)

abb0t · Answer

it's 0:36 AM atmosphere?!?!

thomaster · Answer

@abb0t Europe

aaronq · Answer

@thomaster he's joking around, you're saying atm, as in "at the moment", he's talking about atmospheres in terms of pressure lol

thomaster · Answer

@aaronq oh haha didn't even realize that xD