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What kind of respiration had a patient after traumatic damage of pneumotaxic center?
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Where is the pneumotaxic center and the apneustic center located?
in the pons
What center is located in the pons?
pneumotaxic pontine respirator group (PRG)
What is the function of the pneumotaxic center of the pons?
The pneumotaxic center of the pons helps regulate the pattern and rate of breathing by controlling the duration of inspiration and expiration. It works in coordination with the respiratory center in the medulla to ensure proper breathing rhythm.
What happens if the neural connections between the pneumotaxic center and apneustic center are severed?
Decreased pulmonary and alveolar ventilation.
Breathing is controlled by what part of the brain?
There are four main centers in the brain to regulate the respiration: 1. Inspiratory center 2. Expiratory center 3. Pneumotaxic center 4. Apneustic center The first two centers are present on the medulla oblongata whereas the last two centers on the pons region of brain.
What center is located in pons?
pneumotaxic pontine respirator group (PRG)
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.
What region of the brain controls the breathing rate?
the nucleus tractus solitarus (basic control) of the medulla along with the pneumotaxic center of the pons (fine control)
Why does the diaphragm and relax when you breath?
The dipahragm is innervated by the phrenic nerve. This nerve responds to the stimulus sent by the a very particular set of neurons located in the medulla. The main ones are called VRG and DRG. Of these the VRG sends signals to the diaphragm to contract, when the signal is not "on" then the diaphragm relaxes. DRG modulates the depth of breath. There is another group called the pneumotaxic center found in the ponds; this group keeps the VRG in check. If the frequency of respiration becomes too great the pneumotaxic center inhibits depolarization of the VRG for a while in an attempt to restore a "normal" breathing pattern
What conditions are treated through pneumonectomy?
most often used to treat lung cancer.treatment for a tumor located near the center of the lung that affects the pulmonary artery or veins.treatment.when the patient has a traumatic chest injury that has damaged the main air passage.
Location of respiration center?
I think it's in the brain.
What is part of cell that serves as center of respiration?
mitochondria.
