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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.

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Rising carbon dioxide levels are the most powerful respiratory stimulant

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