KROK 1 2011 – Question 116 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
There is a severe time restriction for people’s staying at a height of over 8000 m above the sea level without oxygen bombs. What is the life limiting factor in this case?
- A. Partial oxygen pressure
- B. Moisture level
- C. Earth gravity
- D. Ultraviolet intensity
- E. Temperature
Hint
Consider what changes in the inspired air at great height, and how that affects the loading of haemoglobin in the lungs.
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