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What can be done to increase oxygen in blood during pregnancy?
Sometimes during labor, the baby isn't getting enough oxygen, so the doctors give the mother an oxygen mask to increase the amount in the blood to get it to the baby.
What element is a component of your red blood cells which increase oxygen carrying capacity of blood?
Iron.
Does hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen increase or decrease with exercise?
It decreases due to the increase in carbon dioxide in the blood. This causes more oxygen to be uploaded to the tissues
Why do you hickup?
There is a slight increase of carbon dioxide in the blood. Hicups are your body's way of getting more oxygen into the blood.
Why do the bone marrow increase red blood cells when a person has hypoxia?
Hypoxia means having low oxygen, so the more red blood cells, the more oxygen can be carried by the blood.
What drug has its basic purpose to reduce the work of breathing increase oxygen content of the blood reduce the work of the heart?
oxygen
How does carbon monoxide increase blood pressure?
it combines with haemoglobin forming the carboxyhaemoglbin thus which is alarge complex and affinity to the oxygen is lost leading to increase in blood pressure.
Why do you yawn when you are tired?
When someone is tired, he or she yawns to increase the oxygen content in the blood. The blood is then carried to the brain which increases alertness or in other words wakes you up.Fun Fact! All animals can yawn!When sleepy or tired, you yawn to increase the oxygen content in the blood. The blood is then carried to the brain for increased alertness.
What is capillarisation?
a capillary is our body's smallest form of blood vessel the more capillary's at the muscles, the more oxygen the muscles can use an increase in capillarisation means that there is an increase in blood vessels and subsequently an increase in the opportunity for blood (and oxygen) to be transported to and used by the muscles a decrease in capillarisation means that there is a decrease in poo vessels and subsequently a decrease in the opportunity for blood (and oxygen) to be transported to and used by the muscles aerobic or endurance training does well to bring about an increase in capillarisation, meaning that muscles can perform for longer peroids of time as they are able to use more oxygen for contraction
An increase in the rate of respiration and heartbeat results when blood contains what?
too little oxygen
What is epogen used for?
increase red blood cell orincrease the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood for improved athletic endurance.
Would breathing pure oxygen cause a large increase in oxygen transport by the blood in a person with a low alveolar oxygen?
We know that our blood has a pigment called Haemoglobin,which gives characteristic red colour to blood.A haemoglobin molecule carries a maximum of 4 oxygen molecules,and is called 100% saturated when it does so.So,breathing pure oxygen doesn't increase the transport of oxygen.
