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oxygen demand - Coggle Diagram
oxygen demand
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Oxygen demand is how much oxygen the body’s tissues need to make energy (ATP). It goes up when the body needs more energy.
Oxygen is important for life processes as it is needed for aerobic respiration, which makes ATP productively.
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increase in red blood cell count in necessary to be able to handle high altitudes for long duration (It's a long term response to produce more RBC - short term effect is to struggle breathing and increased heart rate
Your body needs more red blood cells to carry oxygen, so over time it makes extra red blood cells to adapt.
he kidneys release a hormone called erythropoietin (EPO), which tells the bone marrow to make more red blood cells.