When blood flows through pulmonary capillaries, it picks up ___ and releases ___

a. carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide
b. carbon dioxide; oxygen
c. oxygen; oxygen
d. oxygen; carbon dioxide
e. oxygen or carbon dioxide; either


ANSWER: d

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