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Question
How the body makes long–term adjustments when living in high altitude.
Solution
When a person lives in higher altitude, the body makes respiratory and hematopoietic. adjustment. Kidneys accelerate the production of the hormone erythropoietin which stimulate the bone marrow to produce more RBCs. This improves the binding of 02 with haemoglobin.
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