Multiple choice

Hering-Breuer reflex occurs in

  1. walls of bronchi and bronchioles

  2. trachea and tracheoles

  3. striped muscles

  4. cyton and neurons

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Explanation

The Hering-Breuer inflation reflex, named for Josef Breuer and Ewald Hering, is a reflex triggered to prevent over-inflation of the lung. Pulmonary stretch receptors, present in the smooth muscle of the airways, respond to excessive stretching of the lung during large inspirations.