Transcribed Image Text: Results Table 3: Effect of Altitude on Hct and Hb Low Altitude gh Altitude Hb Hb Length of Whole Blood Column (mm) Length of Packed RBC Column

Transcribed Image Text: Results
Table 3: Effect of Altitude on Hct and Hb
Low Altitude
gh Altitude
Hb
Hb
Length of Whole
Blood Column
(mm)
Length of
Packed RBC
Column (mm)
(g/100
ml
Length of
Whole Blood
Column (mm)
Length of
Packed RBC
Column (mm)
(g/100
ml
Hematocrit
Hematocrit
(%)
blood)
(%)
blood)
Subject
1
50
23
46
14.5
49
25
51
17.4
Subject
2
50
21
42
14.5
50
23
46
17.4
Subject
3
51
22
43
14.5
49
25
51
17.4
Average
50
22
44
14.5
49
24
49
17.4
Changes in Blood Hematocrit After 2 Month Acclimatization to gh Altitude
%
100
90
80
70
60
50
Low altitude
40
30
gh altitude
20
10
Hematocrit
Changes in Blood Hemoglobin After 2 Month Acclimatization to gh Altitude
g/100 ml
20
16
12
8
Low altitude
gh altitude
4
Hb Transcribed Image Text: Do athletes training at high altitudes have more or less oxygen molecules per ml of blood then
athletes training at low altitudes? Explain why this difference gives athletes who train at high
altitudes an advantage over athletes who train only at low altitudes.