Why does our body need oxygen?
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this is the most important gas required for breathing.
it also acts as a fuel in breaking down food substances and releases energy
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One critical role that oxygen plays in the body is that it is used to oxidize our food, in the process of cellular respiration, thus releasing energy, which is eventually stored in ATP in the electron transport chain in mitochondria, and in glycolysis in the cytoplasm.
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