DeCS

Descriptor English:

Respiratory Center

Descriptor Spanish:

Centro Respiratorio

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	centro respiratorio
Scope note:	Parte del encéfalo localizada en el BULBO RAQUÍDEO y el PUENTE. Este centro recibe señales neurales, químicas y hormonales y controla la frecuencia y la profundidad de los movimientos respiratorios del DIAFRAGMA y otros músculos respiratorios.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Centro Respiratório

Descriptor French:

Centre respiratoire

Tree number(s):

A08.186.211.132.772.646

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012125

Scope note:

Part of the brain located in the MEDULLA OBLONGATA and PONS. It receives neural, chemical and hormonal signals, and controls the rate and depth of respiratory movements of the DIAPHRAGM and other respiratory muscles.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

12546

Unique ID:

D012125

NLM Classification:

WL 310

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Date Established:

1972/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01