Hypoxia Tolerance in Mammals
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- 2. Seals have a ________ heart rate when diving.
- 4. What mammals faces chronic hypoxia?
- 6. Increases the regulation of genes that increase survival in hypoxic conditions.
- 8. Seal have a larger______ in order to store a large volume of blood.
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- 1. Seals are capable of cooling what organ?
- 3. The nerves involved in branching of the cranial cervical ganglion are thought to be important in the survival of yaks at high altitudes for the ____________ of the central nervous system with effector organs.
- 5. Chronic and acute hypoxia tolerant mammals have the same adaptations regarding what type of muscles?
- 7. Newborn seal pups have a high aerobic capacity, which is not an adaptation towards diving but is due to their high diet. What type of diet?
- 8. What mammal faces acute hypoxia?