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oxygen store

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oxygen store,
the total quantity of oxygen stored in various body compartments, including the lungs, arterial and venous blood, and tissues. In a 70-kg human, blood contains about 800 mL of oxygen as oxyhemoglobin, muscles contain about 150 mL as oxymyoglobin, alveolar gas contains a few hundred milliliters, and about 50 mL is dissolved in the tissues.


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