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=====Anoxia=====
 
=====Anoxia=====
- an inadequate supply of oxygen to the tissues
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Any condition that reduces the oxygen supply to the tissues will cause fatty change in the
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* Any condition that reduces the oxygen supply to the tissues will cause fatty change in the
liver. Anaemia ( a reduced numbers of red blood cells circulating in the blood ) caused by
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liver.  
sustained loss of erythrocytes from the vessels as in chronic haemorrhage or the excessive
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* Examples:
destruction of erythrocytes within the vessels ( haemolysis ) are examples as are the various
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** Anaemia  
circulatory disorders such as ischaemia ( reduced blood supply to a tissue ) and chronic
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*** Reduced numbers of red blood cells circulating in the blood  
venous congestion ( slowing of blood flow through the vasculature ) due to a failing heart.
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*** Caused by sustained loss of erythrocytes from the vessels by
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**** Chronic haemorrhage
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**** Excessive destruction of erythrocytes (haemolysis).
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** Circulatory disorders
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*** Ischaemia
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**** Reduced blood supply to a tissue
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*** Chronic venous congestion  
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**** Slowing of blood flow through the vasculature e.g. due to a failing heart.
    
=====Toxins=====
 
=====Toxins=====
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