Week 4: Homeostatic control of respiration

Question 1

What should be controlled in the respiratory system?

Answer 1

What is the level of gas in blood
How is the tissue being supplied with O2
What are the levels of H+

Question 2

What is the process of control of respiration?

Answer 2

1. input via peripheral and central chemoreceptors
2. processing in brain
3. ventilation is modulated
4. voluntary input

Question 3

Where are the peripheral chemoreceptors located?

Answer 3

In the carotid body and the aortic body

Question 4

the main driver for increase in alveolar ventilation is

Answer 4

CO2