Question

Nerve impulses from ________ will result in inspiration.

a. the preoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus
b. Broca's center
c. the chemoreceptor center
d. the ventral respiratory group

Answer 1

Nerve impulses from ( d ) the ventral respiratory group will result in inspiration.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the brainstem , respiratory center is located in medulla oblongata and pons . The respiratory center is the combination of three major respiratory groups of neurons , which are present , one in the pons and two in the medulla .

Pons have the pontine respiratory group , and medulla have a dorsal respiratory group and the ventral respiratory group .

Now,

the ventral respiratory group of neurons , which contains both inspiratory and the expiratory neurons .