ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is responsible for heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure?
A
midbrain
B
pons
C
medulla oblongata
D
cerebrum
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Your medulla oblongata is the bottom-most part of your brain. Its location means it’s where your brain and spinal cord connect, making it a key conduit for nerve signals to and from your body. It also helps control vital processes like your heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure.

Detailed explanation-2: -The medulla or the midbrain is responsible for important bodily functions such as heartbeat and breathing, It is also responsible for hand-eye coordination and depth perception.

Detailed explanation-3: -The brain stem sits beneath your cerebrum in front of your cerebellum. It connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls automatic functions such as breathing, digestion, heart rate and blood pressure.

Detailed explanation-4: -The respiratory center is located in the medulla oblongata and is involved in the minute-to-minute control of breathing.

Detailed explanation-5: -Within this region, discrete groups of neurons act to generate and maintain the sympathetic vasomotor tone and arterial blood pressure. The medulla oblongata also contains the main site integrating signals arising from high-and low-pressure baroreceptors and chemorecep tors afferents.

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