LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The activities of the DRG and the VRG in the brain’s respiratory centers.

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Regulatory respiratory centers are located within the reticular formation through both the medulla oblongata and the pons. Nuclei coordinate the skeletal muscles of breathing within the brainstem. These regulatory nuclei are contained specifically in the medullary respiratory center within the medulla oblongata and the pontine respiratory center within the pons.

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