As you are listening to a lecture, workers are repairing a wall just outside your classroom. Throughout the class, you find yourself coughing and sneezing because of the dust and fumes in the air. Which brain structure controls such vital reflexes as sneezing, coughing, and swallowing? A. corpus callosumB. cerebellumC. medullaD. thalamus

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Judah Crawford

Biology

20 June, 11:41

As you are listening to a lecture, workers are repairing a wall just outside your classroom. Throughout the class, you find yourself coughing and sneezing because of the dust and fumes in the air. Which brain structure controls such vital reflexes as sneezing, coughing, and swallowing? A. corpus callosumB. cerebellumC. medullaD. thalamus

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Chewie · Answer 1

C. medulla

Explanation:

The Medulla is the part of the brainstem that controls respiration ad circulation. The medulla is anterior and partly inferior to the cerebellum having sensory ad motor neurons running through it. This center controls the heart rate, breathing, sneezing, coughing, and blood pressure.

It is this part of the brain that controls what happens in my respiratory system, in response to the dust and fumes in the air I inhaled.