Question

At high altitudes where there is less oxygen, the human body adapts itself by :

Options

1

Producing more red blood cells

2

Producing more white blood cells

3

Producing more blood platelets

4

Producing less number of RBCs

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Answer 1

1 IT PRODUCES MORE RED BLOOD CELLS TO CARRY THE OXYGEN FASTER

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct option is:

1. Producing more red blood cells

Explanation:

As there is less oxygen at high altitudes, the body will try its level best to adapt to this scarcity of oxygen and replenish that. The Red Blood Corpuscles or RBC are the red colored cells of the blood who carries oxygen to our vital organs and keep us alive. Scarcity of oxygen can hamper with the functioning of the vital organs of the body. So the body, during this emergency, will stimulate the bone marrow to produce more RBC so that oxygen is circulated adequately in the body.