2.)Achlorhydria is a condition in which the stomach stops producing hydrochloric acid and other secretions. What effect would achlorhydria have on the digestive process? On red blood cell count?3.)In carbon monoxide (CO)poisoning, CO binds to hemoglobin, preventing the uptake of oxygen by hemppglobin. When CO binds to hemoglobin, the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve shifts to the left. What consquences of this shift on the ability of tissues to get oxygen? Explain.4.)You and your physiology instructor are trapped in an overturn ship. To escape, you must swim underwater a long distance. You tell your instructor it would be good to hyperventilate before making the escape attempt. Your instructor calmly replies, "what good would that do, since your pulmonary capillaries are already 100% saturated with oxygen?"what would you do and why?5.)Is the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve in humans who live at high altitides to the left or right of a person who lives at low altitudes? Explain
2006-11-29
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