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Chemoreceptors and Peripheral Questions with verified correct answers - complete solution 2024
Chemoreceptors and Peripheral Questions with verified correct answers - complete solution 2024
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Chemoreceptors and Peripheral(peripheral chemoreceptors) decrease in arterial oxygen content causes - ✅✅ -an
increase in the rate or depth of respiration to increase the content of oxygen in the
blood
association between carbon and acid - ✅✅-positive
Central chemoreceptors - ✅✅ -located near the respiratory center in the medulla
(brain stem)
most sensitive to carbon dioxide and changes in the pH of the cerebrospinal fluid
Chemoreceptors - ✅✅ -are specialized receptors that monitor the pH, carbon
dioxide, and oxygen levels in arterial blood
Hypoxic drive - ✅✅-carbon dioxide becomes the stimulus for the person to breath
hypoxic drive - ✅✅-causes vasoconstriction and tachycardia
(sympathetic nervous system stimulation)
Hypoxic drive patients - ✅✅ -COPD chronic pulmonary disease, such as
emphysema
pt tend to retain carbon dioxide
peripheral chemoreceptors are sensitive to - ✅✅-the level of oxygen in the arterial
blood
peripheral chemoreceptors location - ✅✅-are located in aortic arch and the carotid
in the neck
pH - ✅✅-is a measurement of hydrogen ion concentration
two types of chemoreceptors are - ✅✅-central chemoreceptors and peripheral
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