Question

8. Chemoreceptors in the circulatory system detect changes in circulating pCO2. If CO2 concentrations get too high, the rate of ventilation increases. Why does this make sense?

Answer 1

because as bigger the concentration of carbon dioxide in blood is less oxygen present.

Step-by-step explanation:

In human body the exchange among carbon dioxide and oxygen is constant, there need to be an equilibrium among them, if there is a considerable increase of carbon dioxide, that could be due:

1.- Because there is no enter of oxygen in the body.

2.- Suddenly there is an unusual production of carbon dioxide from the body.

In both cases this situation is not healthy for the body, so like a survival mechanism, the body will try to increase the ventilation rate to get more oxygen to the body.