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What controls breathing rate?

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your diaphragm

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Which gas controls your rate of breathing?
it not a gas it your brain
What gas controls your rate breathing?
CO2 is main gas which controlls breathing not oxygen even though oxygen does have a small control rate.
Does the brain control the breathing rate?
It doesn't actually control the actual rate because there is no rate of breathing but it does control the fact that your body needs oxygen so it makes sure you get it. So in a sense it might but...
How does the brain controls breathing rate?
there's a part of this brain called the respiratory system and if i am not mistaken it is located in a part of the brain called pons and the medulla oblongata. the brain controls the rate of...
The medulla controls the breathing rate?
true