Four Types of Hypoxia
Hypoxic Hypoxia -- Respiration fundamentally involves the supply of oxygen to the air sacs of the lungs and the exhaust of carbon dioxide. Oxygen compromises 20.9 percent of the volume of the atmosphere up to 80,000 feet. Assuming a sea level pressure of 760 mm Hg, the partial pressure of oxygen is...
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