Biology GCSE
Insufficient oxygen supply
What Insufficient oxygen supply means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The condition during vigorous exercise when muscles use oxygen faster than the blood can deliver it, so anaerobic respiration takes place.
Topics that use Insufficient oxygen supply
- Response to exercise (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Aerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration and lactic acid production
- Breath volume
- glycogen
- Incomplete oxidation of glucose
- lactic acid
- Lactic acid accumulation and removal
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