Development of Ventilatory Response to Transient Hypercapnia and Hypercapnic Hypoxia in Term Infants
Peripheral and central chemoreceptors are crucial for the precise control of respiration. The carotid, aortic, and central chemoreceptors are functional even in fetal life (1, 2), but the transition ...
The carotid bodies are paired peripheral chemoreceptor organs located at the bifurcation of the common carotid arteries and serve as the principal detectors of arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide and pH.
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