The blood component responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues and transporting carbon dioxide from the body tissue to the lungs is the

(A) plasma.
(B) platelets.
(C) leukocytes.
(D) erythrocytes.


Answer: (D) erythrocytes.

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