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This deficiency is called hypoxia or hypoxemia.
This deficiency is called hypoxia or hypoxemia.
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What is the disease where blood cells do not carry enough oxygen?
Anemia is a disease where the blood doesn't carry enough oxygen, due to either a lack of blood cells or hemoglobin, or damage to the blood cells or hemoglobin.
How do brusies produce?
Lots of miniature blood vessels break open inside of your skin. It turns different colors due to a lack of oxygen.
Are red blood cells specialized cellls?
Yes, because they have a unique structure developed for a certain function, in this case -oxygen transport in the blood. Some special features are inability to use Oxygen and the lack of nuclei.
Lack of oxygen to the brain?
in pre-natal lack of oxygen causes cerebral palsy and in adults a slow lack of oxygen in brian leading to a decrease in intelligence is called a hypoxic dementia fast lack of oxygen to brain leading to an infraction being a stroke ..... by dreambb
What does the presence cyanosis imply?
When hemoglobin is poorly oxygenated, both the blood and the skin of Caucasians appear blue.It means a blue tinge to your skin, mainly your mucous membranes like your lips and under your mouth/tongue due to a fall in oxygen levels in your blood.Bluish discoloration of tissue from lack of oxygen
What is lack of oxygen in blood?
The term is hypoxemia lack of oxygen in the blood means that the hemoglobin oxygen complex is not being formed properly the oxygen hemoglobin complex is HbO4 if less than four oxygen molecules combine with one hemoglobin then it is called oxygen deficiency in the blood It can also be caused by a lack of red blood cells-anemia
What do people with sickle cell disease lack?
they lack oxygen in there blood
Why do people die of lack of oxygen while their blood oxygen levels is normal?
To the contrary, oxrgen cycels through your lungs and enters your blood. you use oxygen every second and you need a constant supply of it. As you lack oxygen your body starts to shutdown what isn't needed to keep you alive until your oxygen or blood oxygen is out.
The blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood is known as?
CYANOSIS Is a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood.
What is a condition in which the ability of the blood to carry oxygen is reduced?
Lack of heamoglobin, lack of iron etc
What Blood which contains carbon dioxide and lack oxygen?
Venous blood is loaded with carbon dioxide and low in oxygen Arterial blood is rich in oxygen with little carbon dioxide
What is anoxemia?
Loss or reduction of normal oxygen levels in the blood.
What causes the brain to stop functioning?
One cause would be lack of oxygen due to suffocation or lack of blood flow carrying the oxygen to the brain.
What is black blood caused from?
Can be caused from there being a lack of Oxygen in the blood, but there can be other causes... if you have black blood see a doctor
How might a lack of dietary iron affect the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood?
Iron is required by the hemoglobin in red blood cells. Hemoglobin carries oxygen to all areas of the body. A lack of dietary iron could decrease the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells, which can lead to anemia.
Why exposure to carbon monoxide can be fatal?
Carbon monoxide takes oxygen from the atmosphere or inside a persons body to form CO2 and the person will die from lack of oxygen
What effect does carbon have?
Carbon monoxide binds hemoglobin in blood more tightly than oxygen. This prevents oxygen from binding to blood cells and can cause death due to a lack of oxygen.
