24. Nutrition, Metabolism, Energy Balance
Metabolism
Problem 23.1ab
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Textbook QuestionA patient presents to a clinic with acute ingestion of the poison cyanide, which blocks the functioning of the electron transport chain. He is exhibiting many of the symptoms seen with suffocation (lack of breathing). Explain this finding. Would the level of oxygen in the body be normal, elevated, or decreased in cyanide poisoning? Explain.
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