Question

When a person is exercising, the body needs to deliver increased amounts of oxygen to the muscles. Which component of blood ensures that the muscles will receive it? thrombocytes

Answer 1

It the plasma's function to ensure that the muscles of a person exercising receives all the needed amount of oxygen all throughout. This is to make sure that the person will not lack in oxygen and to avoid to pass out.

Answer 2

The correct answer would be erythrocytes or red blood cells.

Erythrocytes also called red blood cells are the component of blood which are responsible for delivering oxygen to the cells and removing carbon dioxide produced in the cells.

These cells contain hemoglobin which can bind to oxygen and carbon dioxide in a reversible manner.

Erythrocytes have an average lifespan of 120 days. They are created in the bone marrow of an organism and are broken down in the spleen.