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Definition of Respiratory center
1. Noun. The center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles.
Group relationships: Bulb, Medulla, Medulla Oblongata, Pons, Pons Varolii
Lexicographical Neighbors of Respiratory Center
Literary usage of Respiratory center
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"The constant activity of the respiratory center throughout life suggests the ...
The medulla with its respiratory- center was thus isolated from all ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The co-ordinated activity of such an extensive mechanism is explained by the
existence of a respiratory center in the medulla oblongata. ..."
3. Respiration by John Scott Haldane (1922)
"This is because the respiratory center has completely or almost ... The respiratory
center may also take a long time to recover sufficiently to be able, ..."
4. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"It is quite probable that these fibers have other functions, — that is, they are
not distributed exclusively to the respiratory center. ..."
5. An Introduction to neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1918)
"respiratory center which performs this function. This center may be excited to
activity directly by variations in the composition of the blood which reaches ..."
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