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The breathing center is most sensitive to CO2 (carbon dioxide).

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What is the most powerful respiratory stimulus for breathing in a healthy person?

Of all of the chemicals influencing respiration, CO2 is the most potent and the most closely controlled. Normally, arterial Pco2 is 40 mm Hg and is maintained with in + - 3 mm Hg of this level by an exquisitely sensitive homeostatic mechanism that is mediated mainly by the effect that rising Co2 have on the central chemoreceptors of the brain stem.


What is the most important autonomic center of the brain called?

The brain stem. It consists of three parts; the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongatta. It houses the respiratory and cardiac centers. Without it you would not be able to live.

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The breathing center in the brain is most sensitive to what?

Circulating CO2 concentration


What factors are most important in triggering the changes in breathing rate?

Chemicals - most important are the concentrations of CO2, hydrogen ions and O2 in the blood. Chemoreceptors are located in the respiratory center, the carotid bodies and the aortic bodies which detect the levels. Inflation Reflex- stretch receptors in the visceral pleurae are sensitive to the degree of stretching by the lungs. Higher Brain Centers - Impulses from higher brain centers may affect respiratory center. Body Temperature - an increase in body temp, increases the breathing rate.


The organs most sensitive to deprivation of oxygen are the heart and?

The organs most sensitive to deprivation of oxygen are the heart and the brain.


Two organs most sensitive to deprivation of oxygen?

Brain and lungs


What two organs are the most sensitive to oxygen deprivation?

brain and kidneys


How many centimeter is the brain to your eyes?

Your eyes are an extension of your brain. In fact most of your brain is light sensitive, and will respond by recalling memories!


The two organs of the body most sensitive to deprivation of oxygen are?

The heart and the brain...


Two organs of the body most sensitive to deprivation of oxygen are the heart and the what?

Brain.


The most important signal that the brain uses to set the breathing rate as the level of blood?

The most important signal that the brain uses to regulate breathing rate is the level of carbon dioxide in the blood. When carbon dioxide levels rise, this triggers the brain to increase the breathing rate to expel excess carbon dioxide and bring more oxygen into the body.


Which is the most important organ in your body heart or brain?

heart because if heart is not present in body brain do not get blood and so brain will damage


What is the control center of the body?

the brain controls most functions in the body.


Most important autonomic center of brain?

medulla oblongata