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What does blood contain when it flows into the heart from the body? little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide a lot of oxygen and little carbon dioxide a lot of both oxygen and carbon dioxide little of either oxygen or carbon dioxide

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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.

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