The respiratory center of the brain (taking into account input from chemoreceptors, pulmonary stretch receptors and higher centers of the brain to determine respiratory output) is an example of a ______ circuit

A.
parallel after-discharge

B.
reverberating

C.
converging

D.
diverging


C

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