To: RightWhale
Ok, is breathing considered to be originated by the brain or is it considered a behavioral response?
To: Just mythoughts
I would have to refer back to animal physiology to answer that. It may be that the control originates below the brain.
50 posted on
06/19/2005 8:16:25 PM PDT by
RightWhale
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To: Just mythoughts
Breathing is an autonomic function of the brain, controlled by the brainstem.
52 posted on
06/19/2005 8:20:28 PM PDT by
.38sw
To: Just mythoughts
"Ok, is breathing considered to be originated by the brain or is it considered a behavioral response?"
Both.
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