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What occurs when the respiratory center stops sending nerve signals to the diaphragm and the rib cage?
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∙ 11y ago
muscles relax and expiration occurs
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Where is the respiratory center located?
The respiratory center is located in the pons and the medulla oblongata.
How are human respiratory movements initiated?
They are regulated by the respiratory center of the brain stem in the medulla oblongatta.
Is the dorsal respiratory group the expiratory center?
True.
Where in body is the respiratory center located?
it's your lungs
What is a respiratory control center?
Respiratory control centers are located in the medulla and the pons. In the medulla the ventral respiratory group contains rhythm generators whose output drives respiration. Also in the medulla, the neurons of the dorsal respiratory group integrate peripheral sensory input and modify the rhythms generated by the VRG. The pons respiratory centers interact with the medulla centers to smooth the breathing pattern. The respiratory center (RC), itself, is located in the medulla oblongata, the lowermost portion of the brainstem.
What signals do the respiratory system depend on from the nervous system?
Nervous system sends controlling signals to respiratory system via nerves of autonomic system, these signals arise from breathing center of medulla .
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.
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
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 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.
What are the parts of human respiratory organs?
The parts of the human respiratory center are the lungs, alveoli and bronchioles.
Is the respiratory center a group of neurons in the thalamus?
The control center of the respiratory are found in the medulla and pons. Medulla or medulla oblongata and pons are part of the brainstem.
What are the respiratory areas?
The components of the respiratory areas are widely scattered throughout the pons and medulla oblongata. Two parts of the respiratory areas are of special interest: the respiratory center of the medulla and the respiratory group of the pons.
Who discovered respiratory center?
Who first reported the presence of 'respiratory centre' which maintains and controls the rate of respiration
