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Blood and the respiratory system
...artificial ventilation of the lungs to regulate their breathing rate...Blood and the respiratory system: 6.2 Peripheral chemoreceptors - Before the blood reaches the chemoreceptors in the brain, changes in PO2 are detected by specialised cells – called type 1 glomus cells – that are located in the carotid artery (carotid bodies) and aorta (aortic bodies) of the heart....