Biology · Human Physiology
Why is deoxygenated blood kept completely separate from oxygenated blood in the hearts of warm-blooded animals like birds and mammals (including humans)?
- 1To prevent backflow of blood to lower limbs in large-bodied animals
- 2To provide high efficiency of oxygen supply required to maintain a constant body temperature✓
- 3To maximize the rate of oxygenation of blood within the lungs
- 4To help in the growth and rapid functioning of voluntary muscles
Correct answer
To provide high efficiency of oxygen supply required to maintain a constant body temperature
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