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Q: Does the body use less oxygen while asleep or at rest?
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Why a person cannot remain in a glass container for a long period of time?

Short answer: Glass is usually air-tight, so you can't breathe. Long answer: The human body needs a more or less constant percentage of oxygen in the air so that the lungs can distribute enough through the body. Inside of a sealed container, a living human is using up the oxygen they already have, but no more is being created or allowed through, so the oxygen percentage goes down. Once it hits a certain point, the body can no longer get what it needs from the air and the person will die of asphyxiation.


Why do yeast cells need less mitochondria in a no oxygen environment?

Because this is America.


What is the percentage of oxygen at the top of a mountain?

At the top of Mount Everest, the percentage of oxygen in the air is the same as that at sea level (about 21% oxygen). However, atmospheric pressure decreases as altitude increases, and the atmospheric pressure at the summit of Everest is 33% that of sea level.Therefore, there is 66% less oxygen than there is at sea level.


What would happen if the was gone?

Iron is a major component of red blood cells. The oxygen you breathe bonds to the iron in your red blood cells. If you had no iron in your body you would likely die.


How does air pressure affect the breathing of people living in the mountins?

Because there is less air at higher altitude, there is less oxygen available. A person unaccustomed to the deficiency would eventually feel lightheaded from lack of oxygen, and have trouble breathing as their lungs tried to fill up more than they could.

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Why would a sleeping person breathe less than when awake?

When you are asleep your body is not doing a great deal and as a result needs less oxygen and therefore needs to breathe less.


Can you digest while asleep?

Yes, of course you do, the body continues to function while you sleep. You digest food while asleep but because you are at rest you burn less calories(energy) Also sleeping on a full stomach gives some people indigestion. And of course eating a lot also can make you feel sleepy!


Why does less oxygen reach the muscle in hot conditions?

Oxygen is less soluble in water at higher temperatures. While the primary transport mechanism for oxygen in the blood is hemoglobin and not water, it is still true that the oxygen has to pass from the hemoglobin into the various fluids of the body in order to be accessible to the cells for metabolism.


When you fall asleep is it your eyes your mind or your body that falls asleep?

The mind is what falls asleep. It cuts down on its processes, essentially sending the body into hibernation mode. The amount of adrenaline in the body decreases and somatotrophon, which helps to heal damaged tissues, increases. While people sleep, the body is still working to store memories and such. People still breathe and their hearts pump, proving it's not the body (or eyes) that "sleep." Sleeping just allows the body to become more efficient, because it has less stimuli distracting it, and the brain is free to command healing and other metabolic functions while one is unconscious.


Why is the blood flowing to the heart oxygen-poor while the blood flowing to the rest of the body is oxygen-rich?

When the blood is flowing back to the heart, the blood has already given off its oxygen to the rest of the body which means it contain less oxygen concentration in the blood. and when blood is flowing from the heart to the rest of the body, the blood contains high level of oxygen because they were being given oxygen by the lungs which passes along the heart and the heart pumps it to the rest of the body.


Why is acclimatization necessary while traveling to high altitude?

Each erythrocyt (a blood molecule) is able to carry one molecule of oxygen. In the city your body produces as many erythrocyts as necessary to bring enough oxygen to your cells. At a high altitude, there's less oxygen in the air and to compensate that, the body needs more erythrocyts. The more erythrocytes you have, the higher is the probability that one will fetch a molecule of oxygen while passing the lungs.


Why it is easier to run in plains than in a field high up in mountains?

In plains at ground level, the air is at normal pressure, and oxygen levels are normal. Higher in the mountains, the air is thin, and there is much less oxygen. Your body needs oxygen to release energy, so, the less oxygen your body receives, the less energy your body can release, therefore making it harder to run.


What disease causes less oxygen to be taken into the body from the air?

emphysema


Which diseases causes less oxygen to be taken into the body from the air?

emphysema


What is oxy dept and give a sporting situation where it occurs?

oxygen dept is when you owe the body oxygen. a great example is the 100m race because sprinters hold their breaths to create less lactic acid in their body in other words so it doesn't hurt their muscles when they run and that means that you owe the body oxygen because you did not inhale while running. hope that helped :)


Where does blood go bright colors?

When it is rich with oxygen. It will become dark colour when it contain less oxygen (after the oxygen used by the body tissues )


Why do people yawn when they're tired?

due to less oxygen supply to the body