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Oren is reading a book about ancient medical practices. What is Oren MOST likely to read about the ways early physicians viewed the nature of blood?
A. It was created in the heart and eliminated through sweat
B. It pooled in the lower half of the body because of gravity
C. It was created in the liver and sent to be used by organs and tissues
D. It was blue in color and only turned red when it hit oxygen

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C. Early physicians (Hippocratic/Galenic humoral theory) believed blood was produced in the liver from digested food and then sent via the veins to be used by organs and tissues.