Respiratory system

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what happens to breathing when we exercise?
It increases, oxygen needs to get to working muscles + if more o2 at muscles, more co2 is produced
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When we exercise, what gas increases?
carbon dioxide
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what detects the increases in co2?
Chemoreceptors
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Where are chemoreceptors found?
Aortic arch + carotid bodies
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When there is an increase in co2, what happens to breathing?
Breathing rate increases to get rid of the co2
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Card 2

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When we exercise, what gas increases?

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carbon dioxide

Card 3

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what detects the increases in co2?

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Card 4

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Where are chemoreceptors found?

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Card 5

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When there is an increase in co2, what happens to breathing?

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