Atmosphere and respiration · Question 2 of 12
What is meant by hypoxia?
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- B A lack of oxygen in the body's tissues
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Hypoxia means that the tissues receive too little oxygen. In flight, the most common cause is the falling partial pressure of oxygen with increasing altitude (hypoxic hypoxia). Carbon monoxide from exhaust gases can also lead to oxygen deficiency, but it is only one of several causes.