A Nurse Is Reviewing the Physiological Factors That Affect a Patients

Multiple Choice

A nurse is reviewing the physiological factors that affect a patients cardiovascular health and tissue oxygenation. What is the systemic arteriovenous oxygen difference?

A) The average amount of oxygen removed by each organ in the body
B) The amount of oxygen removed from the blood by the heart
C) The amount of oxygen returning to the lungs via the pulmonary artery
D) The amount of oxygen in aortic blood minus the amount of oxygen in the vena caval blood