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

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The average amount of oxygen removed collectively by all of the body tissues is about $25 \%$. This means that the blood in the vena cava contains about $25 \%$ less oxygen than aortic blood. This is known as the systemic arteriovenous oxygen difference. The other answers do not apply.

A Nurse Is Reviewing the Physiological Factors That Affect a Patients