If damaged or diseased, which part of the brain would make a person unable to control and regulate the rate of respiratory movements?

A) the cerebral peduncles of the mesencephalon
B) the pneumotaxic center of the pons
C) the vasomotor center of the medulla
D) the olivary nucleus of the medulla oblongata
E) the respiratory rhythmicity center of the medulla


E) the respiratory rhythmicity center of the medulla

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