Bezold-Jarisch reflex is produced by the receptors located in the
Correct Answer: Hea
Description: Bezold-Jarisch reflexApnea followed by rapid breathing, hypotension, and bradycardia (the coronary chemoreflex or Bezold-Jarisch reflex).The response is produced by receptors in the hea.The receptors are probably C fiber endings, and the afferents are vagal.Its physiologic role is unceain, but in patients with myocardial infarcts, substances released from the infarcted tissue may stimulate ventricular receptors, contributing to the hypotension that is not infrequently a stubborn complication of this disease.
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