Question 60 You embark on a hiking trip on Mt. Kilimanjaro (altitude = 19,000 ft; Atmospheric air pressure = 379 mmHg). As you ascend, what happens to the PO 2 in the alveoli? No change from sea level, as long as we breathe in the same volume of air. Alveolar PO, decreases. Alveolar PO 2 increases.

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Question 60 You embark on a hiking trip on Mt. Kilimanjaro (altitude = 19,000 ft; Atmospheric air pressure = 379 mmHg). As you ascend, what happens to the PO 2 in the alveoli? No change from sea level, as long as we breathe in the same volume of air. Alveolar PO, decreases. Alveolar PO 2 increases.
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