1. Do you think erythropoietin levels in athletes at low altitude are lower, higher, or the same after training at a high altitude for 2 months? 2. Calculate the average ml of oxygen molecules in 100 ml blood in the athletes at low altitude and then in athletes in high altitude while training at high altitude. Use the following information: 1.39 ml of Oxygen per gram of hemoglobin.
3. 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.
Results
Table: Effect of Altitude on Hct and Hb
Low Altitude
Hb Length of Whole Length of
Blood Column Packed RBC Hematocrit Hb
(nm)(g/100 Column (mm) % (g/100 blood)
Subject 1 52 21 40 14.5
Subject 2 49 20 41 14.4
Subject 3 48 21 44 14.6
Average 4 50 21 42 14.5
High Altitude
Hb Length of Whole Length of
Blood Column Packed RBC Hematocrit Hb
(nm)(g/100 Column (mm) % (g/100 blood)
Subject 1 49 22 45 17.4
Subject 2 50 22 44 17.3
Subject 3 50 22 44 17.3
Subject 4 50 22 44 17.3