J receptors are found in which of the following-: (A) Pulmonary interstitium, (B) Alveolar capillaries, (C) Terminal bronchiole, (D) Respiratory muscles
Answer is A. Ans. (a) Pulmonary interstitium(Ref: Ganong, 25th ed/p.658)J receptors were discovered by an Indian physiologist A. S. PaintalThese receptors are located very close to the pulmonary capillaries (Juxtapulmonary receptors) in pulmonary interstitium