The rate and depth of breathing are governed by all of the following EXCEPT

a. chemoreceptors in arterial walls.
b. baroreceptors in the diaphragm.
c. the partial pressure of O2 in the atmosphere.
d. a respiratory center in the brainstem.
e. carotid and aortic bodies


B

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