Chapter 21, Problem 22CYU

Summary Introduction

To review:

The long-term adjustments that the body makes when a person is living at a high altitude.

Introduction:

When a person moves to the mountains, or to places of high altitude, the body makes hematopoietic and respiratory adjustments, called acclimatization. A decrease in the arterial partial pressure of oxygen (${\text{P}}_{{\text{O}}_2}$), excessive responsiveness of the peripheral chemoreceptors results in increased ${\text{P}}_{{\text{CO}}_2}$ levels.