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If the spinal cord was severed where it joins the brain stem, what effect would it have on respiration?

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If the spinal cord was severed where it joins the brain stem, the process of respiration would stop as respiration depends on descending input from medulla to the nerve supplying the diaphragm and the inspiratory intercostal muscles.

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