Peripheral Input for the Autonomic Nervous System Control of the Cardiovascular

question 2

Multiple Choice

Peripheral input for the autonomic nervous system control of the cardiovascular system includes all of the following except:

• A) Vagus nerve carrying neural signals from arterial stretch receptors
• B) Parasympathetic chemosensory neural signals from the lungs
• C) Sympathetic neural signals from the rostral ventrolateral medulla
• D) Carotid sinus blood gas O₂
• E) Sympathoexcitation stemming from visceral ischemia

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