Suggested Level of Knowlege: Detailed

LOs

BT_PO 1.9 Describe the neural and chemical control of ventilation via central and peripheral chemoreceptors and indicate how this is altered by anaesthesia and abnormal clinical states

Past SAQs

2015.1 Outline the role of carbon dioxide in the maintenance of ventilation

2006.1, 2002.2 List the physiological factors which increase respiratory rate and include a brief explanation of the mechanism by which each achieves this increase.

2005.1 Describe the physiological factors influencing the carbon dioxide tension in arterial blood.

Control of Ventilation