oxygenated blood
Lung-refreshed circulation
Oxygenated blood is blood that has picked up oxygen in the lungs and is ready to deliver it throughout the body.
It flows through arteries and appears bright red, in contrast to the darker, oxygen-depleted blood returning through veins.
The term appears in medical and biological contexts: The heart pumps oxygenated blood to the brain and other organs.
- arterialOf major vessels
- redPrimary color, warm
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- left ventricleHeart's systemic pumping chamber
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
pulmonary vein · hemoglobin · pulmonary · circulation · veins · capillaries · bright · pumping · beating heart · aorta · ventricle · pulse · vital signs · flowing · warm · systemic · plasma · iron
- bloodplasma, platelet, platelets, hemoglobin, RBC
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, artery, veins, capillary, arteries
- fetal circulationforamen ovale, umbilical cord, placenta, fetal heart
- arteriesaorta, carotid artery, coronary artery, coronary, femoral artery
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