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What happens to the blood that reaches the lungs from the pulmonary artery?

picks up CO2 and releases O2
picks up CO2 and O2
picks up O2 and releases CO2
releases O2 and CO2

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What happens to the blood that reaches the lungs from the pulmonary artery? The blood that reaches the lungs from the pulmonary artery picks up O2 and releases CO2. The rest of the choices do not answer the question above.

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Answer:

picks up O2 and releases CO2

Step-by-step explanation:

The pulmonary artery represents a structure within pulmonary circulation that is responsible for carrying deoxygenated blood to the lung.

When blood from the pulmonary artery reaches the long, it becomes oxygenated an in return, the CO2 it carries is released into the lung in a process otherwise known as gaseous exchange.

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