Question 1 Report
Fig. 1 shows a simplified route taken by blood during one complete circuit in a human body. The boxes represent structures in the circulatory system. Arrows show the direction of blood flow.
(a) Name the type of blood vessel at A, carrying blood from body cells towards the heart. [1]
(b) Name the type of blood vessel at B, carrying blood from the heart towards the lungs. [1]
(c) State which gas is taken into the blood at the lungs. [1]
(d) Describe one change in the oxygen concentration of red blood as it travels from the lungs to body cells. [1]
(a) A vessel carrying blood from body cells towards the heart is a vein. [1]
(b) A vessel carrying blood from the heart towards the lungs is an artery, specifically the pulmonary artery. [1]
(c) The gas taken into blood at the lungs is oxygen. [1]
(d) Oxygen concentration decreases as blood travels from the lungs to body cells because oxygen is delivered to the cells. [1]
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