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Persons living at high altitude will hav...

Persons living at high altitude will have

A

Increased alveolar capacity

B

Increased number of erythrocytes

C

Haemoglobin curve shifts towards right

D

All of the above

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D
* At high altitude the haemoglobin saturation curve shift to the right indicates that oxygen is bound less tightly so that less is taken up in lungs, but is more released in the tissues.
* The amount of haemoglobin in blood increase at high altitude because of the increase in number of RBC count due to low oxygen atmospheric pressure.
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