When you swim you hold your breath to go under water. A) What is the effect...

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When you swim you hold your breath to go under water.

A) What is the effect of breathholding on alveolar and blood gas pressures? [4 marks]

B) What respiratory control mechanismsexist that will eventually cause you to surface and breathe? [5marks]

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Part a When you hold your breath the ongoing accumulation of carbon dioxide in your cells in your blood and lungs will eventually irritate and trigger impulses from the respiratory center part of your brain Rising levels    See Answer
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