The Term for Oxygen Deficiency in Tissues or Cells Is

question 68

Multiple Choice

The term for oxygen deficiency in tissues or cells is

• A)ischemia
• B)hypoxia
• C)hypocapnia
• D)anemia
• E)cyanosis

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Definitions:

Occipital Cortex

The part of the brain located at the back of the head, crucial for processing visual information.

Temporal Cortex

Part of the cerebral cortex involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Unconscious Inference

A process postulated by Hermann von Helmholtz to explain certain perceptual phenomena such as size constancy. For example, an object is perceived to be at a certain distance and this is unconsciously taken into account in assessing its retinal image size, with the result that size constancy is maintained.

Size Constancy

The perceptual understanding that an object's size remains the same despite changes in the distance from which it is observed.