Chemoreceptors in the carotid and aortic bodies sense pressure differences in:
a. nitrogen.
b. oxygen.
c. carbon dioxide.
d. hydrogen.
c
Chemoreceptors respond to slight increases in arterial or
cerebrospinal carbon dioxide pressures, which would stimulate an increase in respiratory rate.
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