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1. carotid body
2. Carotid sinus
3. Aortic arch baroreceptors
4. Aortic arch chemoreceptors
1 IS RIGHT
2 bc there is a decreases stretch via IX to the medulla which then increase BP through the sympathetic system
2....baroreceptors r located in carotid sinus!
carotid sinus receptors respond ( decrease or increase ) aortic arch receptor respond only to increase
carotid arch recptors through herings nerve (branch of 9 cn supplies the vasomotor center ) which causes increase in sympathetics and decrease in parasympathetics leading to increase in bp ,contractility ,tpr
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