How Oxygen travels through your Body

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How Oxygen travels through your Body

Oxygen forms about 21% of the air around us. In your body, oxygen forms a vital role in the production of energy in most cells. But if gases can only efficiently diffuse across tiny distances, how does oxygen reach the cells deep inside your body? Enda Butler tracks the surprisingly complex journey of oxygen through your body.

Credits:

educator: Enda Butler

art director, animator: Dalibor Rajninger

narrator: Addison Anderson

sound design, original music: BigBanda Soundscapers

producers: Gerta Xhelo (TED-Ed), Vessela Dantcheva (Compote Collective)