Later Development, Develop. Physiol., Dr. D. Penney

Table 3.17 - Resistance to Asphyxia in Fetal and Newborn Animals.

• Decreases with age after birth

• Less in precocious young

• Less when the circulatory system is rendered non-functional

• Increases with decreasing body temperature

• Partially dependent on stored carbohydrate (glycogen) in the tissues, especially heart

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