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Definition: Definition:
– –A collection of functionally similar neurons A collection of functionally similar neurons
that help to regulate the respiratory movement that help to regulate the respiratory movement
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– –Cerebral cortex Cerebral cortex
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Automatic (involuntary) breathing center Automatic (involuntary) breathing center
– –Medulla Medulla – –PonsPons
Neural generation of rhythmical Neural generation of rhythmical
breathing breathing
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medullary inspiratory
neuronsprovides rhythmic
input to the motor neurons
innervating the inspiratory
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– –
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of
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the
rate
and
pattern
of
breathing
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Apneustic center Apneustic center(lower pons) (lower pons) ––to promote to promote inspiration inspiration
Hering-Breuer inflation reflex
(Pulmonary stretch reflex)
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deflation
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Pulmonary
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Chemicalcontrolofrespiration Chemicalcontrolofrespiration Chemical
control
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Chemoreceptors Chemoreceptors
– –Central chemoreceptors: Central chemoreceptors:medulla medulla
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↑ ↑
in the CSF in the CSF
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in
the
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the
CSF
– –Peripheral chemoreceptors Peripheral chemoreceptors
ƒ ƒCarotid body Carotid body
↓ ↓
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– –
Stimulated by arterial Stimulated by arterial
PO PO
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or or
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ƒ ƒAortic body Aortic body
chemoreceptors
Chemosensory neurons thatrespondtochanges that
respond
to
changes
in blood pH and gas
content are located in
the aorta and in the carotid sinuses; these sensory afferent neurons alter CNS
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the rate of ventilation.
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changes
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carbon dioxide content ofthebloodquickly of
the
blood
quickly
trigger changes in
ventilationrate ventilation
rate
.
CO
2
↑
→↑respiratory activity
Central and peripheral chemosensoryneurons chemosensory
neurons
that respond to increased
carbon dioxide levels in
the blood are also stimulated by the acidity fromcarbonicacid so from
carbonic
acid
,
so
they “inform” the
ventilation control center
in the medulla to increase the rate of ventilation.
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+H+H
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CO CO
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→
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→
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+ +
+HCO +HCO
3 3
Effect of hydrogen ion on Effect of hydrogen ion on
lili lili
pu
lmonary vent
il
at
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lmonary vent
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at
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[H
+
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Regardless of the source, of
the
source,
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the acidity of
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hyperventilation.
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increases in the acidit
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the blood cause hyperventilation, even if carbon dioxide levels are driven to abnormally low llleve
ls.
Effect of low arterial PO Effect of low arterial PO
2 2
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lili lili
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lmonary vent
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at
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lmonary vent
il
at
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PO
2
↓→↑respiratory activity
Aseverereductioninthearterialconcentrationof A
severe
reduction
in
the
arterial
concentration
of
oxygen in the blood can stimulate hyperventilation.
Chemosensoryneurons Chemosensory
neurons
that respond to decreased
oxygen levels in the blood
“inform” the ventilation control center in the
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increase
th
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t
e
of ventilation.
In summary: In
summary:
The levels of oxygen carbon oxygen
,
carbon
dioxide, and hydrogenions hydrogen
ions
in blood and CSF
provide information
that alters the rate of ventilation.