You are a physician in a primary care clinic. A patient comes in to see you, com
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You are a physician in a primary care clinic. A patient comes in to see you, complaining of persistent muscle weakness - they just don't seem to have the energy to move much at all. This has been happening for a while; they haven't felt themselves for several weeks. After some tests, you conclude that the problem is that they are not getting enough oxygen to their muscles. Based on this data, identify two specific tissues that could be responsible for this patient's symptoms, and explain how each would cause a reduction in the delivery of oxygen to the patient's muscles in 1-2 sentences.
Explanation / Answer
Muscle tissue and connective tissue are the tissues that are responsible for muscle weakness in patient.Tissue hypoxia is the deficiency of oxygen at tissue level,it causes due to increase demand and decrease in supply of cellular utilisation.The main cause for it is reduction in exercise tolerance.It is largely responsible for the reduction in muscle strength and supply of oxygen to the tissues.
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