Chemoreceptors That Detect Changes in Blood Oxygen Levels Are Located

question 9

Multiple Choice

Chemoreceptors that detect changes in blood oxygen levels are located in the:

• A)aortic and carotid bodies
• B)carotid and basal bodies
• C)basal and ventricular bodies
• D)ventricular and aortic bodies

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Definitions:

Hypotonic

Describing a solution with a lower solute concentration compared to another solution, leading to water influx if two solutions are separated by a semipermeable membrane.

Isotonic

Describing a solution that has the same osmotic pressure as another solution, leading to no net movement of water across a cell membrane.

Differentially Permeable Membrane

A membrane that selectively allows certain substances to pass through it while keeping others out.

Concentration Difference

The variation in the amount of a substance in two areas, which can lead to diffusion, where substances move from an area of high concentration to one of lower concentration.