Sensory receptors are specialized structures that act as both: Detectors and Transducers. Detectors detect changes in the external or internal environment of the body. Transducers convert the energy of the change they have detected...
Arterial PCO2 is the most important regulator. Both the rate and depth of breathing are controlled to maintain arterial PCO2 close to 40 mm Hg. In a normal awake individual, there is a linear...