hypoxia tolerance
Surviving oxygen deprivation
Hypoxia tolerance is the ability to function under conditions of reduced oxygen.
Some animals have remarkable hypoxia tolerance—diving mammals can hunt for extended periods without breathing, and certain fish survive in oxygen-depleted waters.
In human contexts, the term appears in aviation and altitude medicine: Pilots train to recognize their personal hypoxia tolerance limits.
Athletes training at high elevation aim to improve their hypoxia tolerance.
- anaerobic metabolismEnergy production sans oxygen
- altitude adaptationAdjusting to higher elevations
- high altitude trainingExercise in low-oxygen environments
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- free-divingTankless underwater descent
deep dive · breath holding · red blood cells · glycolysis · second wind · vasodilation · hemoglobin · acclimatization · sea level · muscle endurance · angiogenesis · apnea · oxygen debt · oxygen deprivation · cerebral · cellular respiration · mountaineering · suffocation
- Ecophysiologythermoregulation, osmoregulation, metabolic rate, heat exchange, gas exchange
- toleranceforbearance, patience, understanding, empathy, forgiveness