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What is the most significant blood level in regulating the respiratory center in mammals?
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Carbon dioxide
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The blood level of what is most significant in regulating the respiratory center in mammals?
carbon dioxide
What blood level is most significant in regulating the respiratory center of mammals?
The levels of carbon dioxide in the body are monitored by chemoreceptors, (they do this by measuring pH - lower pH means more carbon dioxide). If the levels of carbon dioxide are too high then the respiratory centre of the brain (in the medulla oblongatis) sends signals to the lungs and diaphragm to increase the breathing rate.
Where is the respiratory center located?
The respiratory center is located in the pons and the medulla oblongata.
What is the pain regulating center of the body?
HYPOTHALAMUS
What is the most important heat regulating center in the body?
hypothalamus
What is the name given to the heat-regulating center of the body?
hypothalams
Which region of the nervous system contains the respiratory center?
The respiratory center is located in the medulla oblongata, which is the lowest part of the brain stem.
What function does the pneumotaxic center serve?
The pneumotaxic center is aka pontine respiratory group (PRG). Its function is to inhibit inspiration, regulating inspiratory volume and rate. It can be considered an antagonist to the apneustic center which produces abnormal, deep, prolonged inspiratory gasps. Both of these structures are found in the pons of the midbrain.
The temperature regulating center of vertebrate in animals is located in the?
bo presence of hypothalamus
What is another word for respiratory center?
It is the lungs.
What organ contains the respiratory center?
The lungs.
How are human respiratory movements initiated?
They are regulated by the respiratory center of the brain stem in the medulla oblongatta.
