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Primiary respiratory drive in a healthy person is based on carbon dioxide levels. In a healthy person each time the carbon dioxide level gets high the brain stem send nerve impulses down the spinal cord that cause the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles to contract.
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In a healthy individual the primary respiratory drive is based on?
Carbon dioxide is the most important stimulus to breathe.
What is the primary respiratory drive for a patient with COPD?
Hypoxic drive.
What is the primary respiratory organ for cockroach?
the primary respiratory organ for cockroach is trachea
The hypoxic drive the primary stimulus to breathe for patient with certain chronic respiratory disease is influenced?
In a person without COPD the drive to breath is high carbon monoxide. In a person with COPD the drive to breath is low O2.
What are the primary functions of the respiratory epithelium?
The primary functions of the respiratory epithelium is to humidify, filter, and warm the incoming air during respiration.
What is the respiratory system of a squid primary purpose?
breathing. -.-
What is a primary function of a respiratory system?
Gas exchange
What is the primary function of the respiratory systems?
Gas exchange
Which of the primary bronchi traps foreign object that entered the respiratory passageways?
Foreign objects that enter the respiratory passageways are more likely to become lodged in the right primary (main) bronchus.
What are the primary musclesin the respiratory system?
Abdomine (Stomach Muscles)
Tubular airways that begin the respiratory zone?
Primary bronchus
The primary functional unit of the human lung is?
The Respiratory Membrane
