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Hypoxia (medical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (811 words) |
 | Hypoxia is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalised hypoxia) or region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. |
| Severe hypoxia induces a blue discolouration of the skin, called cyanosis (haemoglobin is blue when it is not bound to oxygen (deoxyhaemoglobin), as opposed to the rich red colour that it has when bound to oxygen (oxyhaemoglobin)). |
| The term "hypoxic hypoxia" refers to the fact that hypoxia occurs as a consequence of low partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood, in contrast to the other causes of hypoxia listed below, in which the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood is normal. |
| Hypoxia (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (286 words) |
| Environmental hypoxia in sea water or oxygen depletion, a reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in a water body leading to stress and death in aquatic organisms. |
| Hypoxic zones, or dead zones, are hypoxic areas in the world's oceans. |
| Oxygen saturation is a relative measure of the amount of oxygen that is dissolved or carried in a given medium and is therefore a measure of hypoxia or hypoxic conditions. |
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