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MHT CET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 9. Control and Coordination

Which cranial nerve carries impulses to expiratory centre in medulla oblongata, when stretch receptors are stimulated with inflation of lungs to critical level?

  1. A VII
  2. B IX
  3. C XI
  4. D X
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(D) X

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During inspiration when the lungs expand to a critical point, the stretch receptors are stimulated and impulses are sent along the vagus nerves to the expiratory centre.