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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Peripheral chemoreceptors are stimulated maximally by:
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The correct answer is  Ans. A. Cyanidea. "Carotid and aortic bodies can also be strongly stimulated by certain chemicals,b. particularly cyanide ion and other poisons of the metabolic respiratory chain." Cyanide produces histotoxic hypoxia of glomus cell. Hypoxia leads to closure of O2 sensitive K+ channel of glomus cell and stimulation.