A 35-year-old member asked:
how does the respiratory system help maintain homeostasis?
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Dr. Neal Handly answered
Emergency Medicine 24 years experience
This is complex: By exhaling you get rid of co2 which helps control acidity, inhaling you bring in o2 energy metabolism. Inhaling and exhaling affect blood return to the heart as well as may affect the release of stress hormones
probably an hour lecture to med students to cover.
4886 viewsAnswered Jan 9, 2019
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