KROK 1 2021 – Question 18 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
To study hypoxia, a test animal was given a potassium cyanide solution. What type of oxygen starvation develops in this case?
- A. Tissue
- B. Respiratory
- C. Hypoxic
- D. Circulatory
- E. Hemic
Hint
Cyanide blocks the terminal enzyme of the respiratory chain, so consider whether the problem lies in oxygen delivery or in oxygen utilisation by cells.
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