You are teaching a class on acute mountain sickness. When one of your students asks you to explain the term acclimatization in relation to AMS, your best response would be which of the following statements?

a. "Physiologic changes that increase the body's ability to adjust to extreme changes in temperature."
b. "Physiologic changes that decrease the body's need for oxygen at high altitudes."
c. "Physiologic changes that decrease the body's need for slow ascents."
d. "Physiologic adjustments that increase the delivery of oxygen to cells."


Answer: d

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