A-Vo2 diff

[redlynk]

A-vo2 diff

Is the diffrences concentration of oxygen in the blood in the arteries and veins?

Gives you a figure of how much oxygen is being used in the energy production in the muscles?

Is this right?

[Smiley_]

yep

[redlynk]

So Vo2 is the amount of oxygen taken up by the body and A-vo2 is the figure to show how much of the oxygen is being used in energy production from the vo2 amount?

[michak]

So Vo2 is the amount of oxygen taken up by the body and A-vo2 is the figure to show how much of the oxygen is being used in energy production from the vo2 amount?

Yes

[redlynk]

Thanks

[abeybaby]

aVO2 is how much oxygen is in the arteries. vVO2 is how much oxygen is in the veins. VO2 is the volume pf oxygen being inhaled. the process goes like this:
inhale=VO2
most of the inhaled oxygen gets exchanged via the lungs into the arteries=aVO2.
the oxygen gets used up by working muscles.
the remaining oxygen ends up in the veins to be  pumped back to the lungs =vVO2.

so if you take aVO2 - vVO2, then that tells you exactly how much oxygen is being used up by the muscles.