When your body tissues need more oxygen is it more advantage

When your body tissues need more oxygen, is it more advantageous to increase the respiration rate or the tidal volume? Justify your response. Essay answers are limited to about 500 words (3800 characters maximum, including spaces).

Solution

Tidal volume is that volume of air moved into or out of the lungs during quiet breathing.

When tissues need more oxygen i.e., under hypoxia conditions (at high altitudes and some medical condictions), it is more adventageous to increases the respiratory rates rather the tidal volume.

Reason:

Oxygen enrichment can reduce the effects of hypoxia. By increasing the concentration of oxygen in the air, the effects of lower barometric pressure are countered and the level of arterial pO2 is restored toward normal capacity.