KERALA PSC / CDPO / BIOLOGY / HIGH ALTITUDE PROBLEMS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

 

KERALA PSC / CDPO / BIOLOGY / HIGH ALTITUDE PROBLEMS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

KERALA PSC / CDPO / BIOLOGY / HIGH ALTITUDE PROBLEMS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

·      Asphyxia: Oxygen starvation due to low atmospheric oxygen is called asphyxia

·      Hypoxia: refers to a general low level of oxygen availability. Physiologically it refers to a deficiency of oxygen at the tissue level.

·      Tobacco smoke and exhaust fumes result in carbon monoxide poisoning

·      The binding capacity of carbon monoxide is 200 times than that of carbondioxide with haemoglobin

·      A leaf like cartilaginous flap, the epiglottis guards the opening of glottis.

·      Sleeping in a closed room with a burning kerosene lamp may lead to death due to lack of O₂.

·      In mammals, the body cavity is partitioned into thoracic an abdominal parts by diaphragm.

KERALA PSC / CDPO / BIOLOGY / HIGH ALTITUDE PROBLEMS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY