What happens to blood when it is pumped into the thin-walled blood vessels of the lungs? 1) Platelets are exchanged for plasma. 2) Carbon dioxide is replaced with oxygen. 3) Blood fills the lungs and causes coughing. 4) Nothing -- the lungs are just a place blood goes throughon its way back to the heart.

What happens to blood when it is pumped into the thin-walled blood vessels of the lungs? 1) Platelets are exchanged for plasma. 2) Carbon dioxide is replaced with oxygen. 3) Blood fills the lungs and causes coughing. 4) Nothing -- the lungs are just a place blood goes throughon its way back to the heart.

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1)	Platelets are exchanged for plasma.
2)	Carbon dioxide is replaced with oxygen.
3)	Blood fills the lungs and causes coughing.
4)	Nothing -- the lungs are just a place blood goes through on its way back to the heart.