You wake up one night to find some small bats drinking your blood and peeing on

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You wake up one night to find some small bats drinking your blood and peeing on you. Assuming that you live in Colorado at high elevation, which of the following would you expect to be TRUE about the bat’s consumption of your blood, as opposed to if the bat had bitten you while you were living at low elevation?

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The lower pressure of your blood would cause the bat to consume it more slowly

The bat would consume a higher volume of plasma

All of these answers are correct

The bat would consume more total red blood cells

Two of these answers are correct

The lower pressure of your blood would cause the bat to consume it more slowly

The bat would consume a higher volume of plasma

All of these answers are correct

The bat would consume more total red blood cells

Two of these answers are correct

Explanation / Answer

At high altitude atmospheric pressure decreases due to which our RBC count increase to overcome the hypoxia and maintain the oxygen demand. We can say the bats consume more total RBC.

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