How are respiratory events regulated?
What will be an ideal response?
The arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide is the most important input regulating the magnitude of ventilation under resting conditions. An increase in the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide reflexly stimulates the respiratory center, with the resultant increase in ventilation promoting elimination of excess carbon dioxide.?Conversely, a fall in arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide reflexly reduces respiratory drive.?Located in the medulla in the vicinity of the respiratory center, central chemoreceptors are sensitive to changes in carbon dioxide-induced hydrogen ion concentration in the brain extracellular fluid. Increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide within the brain extracellular fluid causes a corresponding increase in the concentration of hydrogen ions.
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