Which Is Typically More Important in Regulating the Respiratory System

question 56

Essay

Which is typically more important in regulating the respiratory system, PO₂ or PCO₂? Explain your answer and briefly discuss the receptors involved.Give examples of situations in which each of those factors changes enough to stimulate a reflex.How and why are these factors related to each other?

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