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const pptxgen = require("pptxgenjs");

const pres = new pptxgen();
pres.layout = "LAYOUT_16x9";
pres.title = "Chemical Regulation of Respiration";
pres.author = "Medical Physiology";

// ─── Color Palette ───
const DEEP_NAVY   = "0D1B2A";
const TEAL_DARK   = "1B4F72";
const TEAL_MID    = "1A6B8A";
const TEAL_LIGHT  = "2E9DC7";
const ACCENT      = "27AE60";
const ACCENT2     = "E67E22";
const WHITE       = "FFFFFF";
const LIGHT_GRAY  = "ECF0F1";
const DARK_TEXT   = "1C2833";
const SOFT_WHITE  = "F0F4F8";

// ─── Helper: Section accent bar ───
function addAccentBar(slide, color) {
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0, y: 0, w: 0.12, h: 5.625, fill: { color } });
}

// ─── Slide 1: Title Slide ───
{
  const slide = pres.addSlide();
  // Full dark background
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  // Decorative teal gradient shapes
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  // Accent circle (decorative)
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  // Main Title
  slide.addText("Chemical Regulation", {
    x: 0.5, y: 1.1, w: 7, h: 0.9,
    fontSize: 40, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
  });
  slide.addText("of Respiration", {
    x: 0.5, y: 1.95, w: 7, h: 0.85,
    fontSize: 40, bold: true, color: TEAL_LIGHT, fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
  });
  // Subtitle
  slide.addText("Central & Peripheral Chemoreceptors | CO₂, O₂ & H⁺ | Ventilatory Control", {
    x: 0.5, y: 2.9, w: 8.5, h: 0.5,
    fontSize: 14, color: LIGHT_GRAY, fontFace: "Calibri", italic: true, margin: 0
  });
  // Source tag
  slide.addText("Source: Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology", {
    x: 0.5, y: 5.1, w: 9, h: 0.35,
    fontSize: 11, color: LIGHT_GRAY, fontFace: "Calibri", italic: true, margin: 0
  });
}

// ─── Slide 2: Overview / Why Regulate? ───
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  slide.addText("Why Does Respiration Need Chemical Regulation?", {
    x: 0.3, y: 0.15, w: 9.5, h: 0.65,
    fontSize: 22, bold: true, color: TEAL_DARK, fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
  });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 0.3, y: 0.88, w: 9.4, h: 0, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 1.5 } });

  // Goal box
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 1.0, w: 9.4, h: 0.95, fill: { color: TEAL_DARK }, line: { color: TEAL_DARK } });
  slide.addText("The ultimate goal of respiration is to maintain proper concentrations of O₂, CO₂, and H⁺ in the tissues.", {
    x: 0.35, y: 1.02, w: 9.2, h: 0.9,
    fontSize: 14, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", italic: true, valign: "middle", margin: 5
  });

  const items = [
    { icon: "🫁", title: "O₂ Delivery", body: "Adequate oxygen must reach every tissue cell for aerobic metabolism." },
    { icon: "💨", title: "CO₂ Removal", body: "CO₂ is produced continuously and must be exhaled to prevent acidosis." },
    { icon: "⚗️", title: "H⁺ / pH Balance", body: "H⁺ concentration must stay within narrow limits (pH 7.35–7.45) for enzyme function." },
  ];

  items.forEach((item, i) => {
    const x = 0.25 + i * 3.2;
    slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x, y: 2.1, w: 3.0, h: 2.8, fill: { color: WHITE }, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 1 } });
    slide.addText(item.icon, { x, y: 2.15, w: 3.0, h: 0.7, fontSize: 28, align: "center", margin: 0 });
    slide.addText(item.title, { x, y: 2.82, w: 3.0, h: 0.4, fontSize: 14, bold: true, color: TEAL_DARK, align: "center", fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0 });
    slide.addText(item.body, { x: x + 0.1, y: 3.25, w: 2.8, h: 1.55, fontSize: 11.5, color: DARK_TEXT, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "top", align: "left", margin: 3 });
  });

  slide.addText("Guyton & Hall, Ch. 42", { x: 0.2, y: 5.3, w: 4, h: 0.25, fontSize: 9, italic: true, color: "888888", margin: 0 });
}

// ─── Slide 3: Overview – Two-System Framework ───
{
  const slide = pres.addSlide();
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0, y: 0, w: 10, h: 5.625, fill: { color: DEEP_NAVY } });

  slide.addText("Two Major Chemical Control Systems", {
    x: 0.4, y: 0.2, w: 9.2, h: 0.6,
    fontSize: 24, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", align: "center", margin: 0
  });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 1, y: 0.88, w: 8, h: 0, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 1.5 } });

  // Central box
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 1.05, w: 4.3, h: 3.8, fill: { color: TEAL_DARK }, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 1.5 } });
  slide.addText("CENTRAL\nChemoreceptors", { x: 0.35, y: 1.1, w: 4.2, h: 0.75, fontSize: 15, bold: true, color: WHITE, align: "center", fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0 });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 0.5, y: 1.88, w: 3.9, h: 0, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 0.8 } });

  const centralPoints = [
    "Located in ventrolateral medulla (retrotrapezoid nucleus)",
    "Sensitive to CO₂ and H⁺ in CSF",
    "CO₂ crosses blood-brain barrier → forms H⁺ locally",
    "H⁺ directly stimulates chemosensitive neurons",
    "Major driver of resting ventilation",
    "Response attenuates after 1–2 days (renal compensation)"
  ];
  slide.addText(centralPoints.map(p => ({ text: p, options: { bullet: true, breakLine: true } })), {
    x: 0.45, y: 1.95, w: 4.05, h: 2.8,
    fontSize: 11.5, color: LIGHT_GRAY, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "top"
  });

  // Peripheral box
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 5.4, y: 1.05, w: 4.3, h: 3.8, fill: { color: "1A4A3C" }, line: { color: ACCENT, width: 1.5 } });
  slide.addText("PERIPHERAL\nChemoreceptors", { x: 5.45, y: 1.1, w: 4.2, h: 0.75, fontSize: 15, bold: true, color: WHITE, align: "center", fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0 });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 5.55, y: 1.88, w: 3.9, h: 0, line: { color: ACCENT, width: 0.8 } });

  const periphPoints = [
    "Carotid bodies (at carotid bifurcation) — most important",
    "Aortic bodies (in aortic arch) — less important in humans",
    "Respond to ↓PO₂, ↑PCO₂, ↑H⁺",
    "Critical when PaO₂ < 60 mmHg (hypoxic drive)",
    "Signal via CN IX (carotid) & CN X (aortic)",
    "Fast response — seconds; important in exercise & altitude"
  ];
  slide.addText(periphPoints.map(p => ({ text: p, options: { bullet: true, breakLine: true } })), {
    x: 5.55, y: 1.95, w: 4.05, h: 2.8,
    fontSize: 11.5, color: LIGHT_GRAY, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "top"
  });

  // vs arrow
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.ellipse, { x: 4.6, y: 2.3, w: 0.8, h: 0.8, fill: { color: ACCENT2 }, line: { color: ACCENT2 } });
  slide.addText("VS", { x: 4.6, y: 2.35, w: 0.8, h: 0.7, fontSize: 14, bold: true, color: WHITE, align: "center", margin: 0 });
}

// ─── Slide 4: Central Chemoreceptors – Deep Dive ───
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  addAccentBar(slide, TEAL_DARK);

  slide.addText("Central Chemoreceptors", {
    x: 0.3, y: 0.15, w: 9.5, h: 0.6,
    fontSize: 24, bold: true, color: TEAL_DARK, fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
  });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 0.3, y: 0.82, w: 9.4, h: 0, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 1.5 } });

  // Location box
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 0.95, w: 4.5, h: 1.15, fill: { color: TEAL_DARK }, line: { color: TEAL_DARK } });
  slide.addText([
    { text: "Location: ", options: { bold: true } },
    { text: "Retrotrapezoid nuclei, ventrolateral medulla — only 0.2 mm beneath the ventral surface of rostral medulla" }
  ], { x: 0.35, y: 0.98, w: 4.4, h: 1.08, fontSize: 12, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "middle", margin: 5 });

  // Mechanism diagram (text-based)
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 5.1, y: 0.95, w: 4.6, h: 4.35, fill: { color: WHITE }, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 1 } });
  slide.addText("Mechanism of CO₂ Stimulation", { x: 5.15, y: 0.98, w: 4.5, h: 0.4, fontSize: 13, bold: true, color: TEAL_DARK, align: "center", fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0 });

  const mech = [
    "↑ Blood PCO₂",
    "↓",
    "CO₂ crosses Blood-Brain Barrier freely",
    "↓",
    "CO₂ + H₂O → H₂CO₃ (carbonic acid)",
    "↓",
    "H₂CO₃ → H⁺ + HCO₃⁻",
    "↓",
    "H⁺ stimulates chemosensitive neurons",
    "↓",
    "↑ Ventilation (rate & depth)"
  ];
  mech.forEach((line, i) => {
    const isArrow = line === "↓";
    slide.addText(line, {
      x: 5.2, y: 1.44 + i * 0.29, w: 4.4, h: 0.3,
      fontSize: isArrow ? 14 : 11.5,
      bold: !isArrow && (line.includes("↑") || line.includes("PCO₂")),
      color: isArrow ? TEAL_LIGHT : DARK_TEXT,
      align: "center", fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
    });
  });

  // Key points
  const points = [
    { label: "Key Insight", text: "CO₂ is a MORE potent stimulus than blood H⁺ because CO₂ freely crosses the BBB while H⁺ does not." },
    { label: "Adaptation", text: "The stimulatory effect of CO₂ decreases over 1–2 days as kidneys increase HCO₃⁻ to buffer H⁺." },
    { label: "H⁺ direct effect", text: "H⁺ directly stimulates chemosensitive neurons but blood H⁺ crosses the BBB much less efficiently." },
  ];
  points.forEach((pt, i) => {
    slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 2.2 + i * 1.1, w: 4.6, h: 1.0, fill: { color: WHITE }, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 0.8 } });
    slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 2.2 + i * 1.1, w: 1.4, h: 0.35, fill: { color: TEAL_MID }, line: { color: TEAL_MID } });
    slide.addText(pt.label, { x: 0.32, y: 2.21 + i * 1.1, w: 1.38, h: 0.33, fontSize: 10, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", align: "center", margin: 0 });
    slide.addText(pt.text, { x: 0.35, y: 2.57 + i * 1.1, w: 4.5, h: 0.6, fontSize: 11, color: DARK_TEXT, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "top", margin: 3 });
  });

  slide.addText("Guyton & Hall, Ch. 42", { x: 0.2, y: 5.3, w: 4, h: 0.25, fontSize: 9, italic: true, color: "888888", margin: 0 });
}

// ─── Slide 5: Peripheral Chemoreceptors ───
{
  const slide = pres.addSlide();
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0, y: 0, w: 10, h: 5.625, fill: { color: "071A14" } });

  slide.addText("Peripheral Chemoreceptors", {
    x: 0.4, y: 0.18, w: 9.2, h: 0.6,
    fontSize: 24, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
  });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 0.4, y: 0.83, w: 9.2, h: 0, line: { color: ACCENT, width: 1.5 } });

  // Two columns
  // Carotid body
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 0.98, w: 4.4, h: 4.3, fill: { color: "0F2B21" }, line: { color: ACCENT, width: 1.2 } });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 0.98, w: 4.4, h: 0.5, fill: { color: ACCENT }, line: { color: ACCENT } });
  slide.addText("🔴  Carotid Bodies", { x: 0.35, y: 0.99, w: 4.3, h: 0.47, fontSize: 14, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "middle", margin: 3 });

  const carotid = [
    "Located at bifurcation of common carotid arteries",
    "Glomus (type I) cells: O₂-sensing cells",
    "Most important peripheral chemoreceptors in humans",
    "Signal travels via carotid sinus nerve → CN IX → brain stem",
    "Respond to: ↓PaO₂, ↑PaCO₂, ↑H⁺ (acidosis), ↓blood flow",
    "Strongly activated when PaO₂ drops below 60 mmHg",
    "Critical for hypoxic ventilatory drive"
  ];
  slide.addText(carotid.map(p => ({ text: p, options: { bullet: true, breakLine: true } })), {
    x: 0.45, y: 1.55, w: 4.1, h: 3.65,
    fontSize: 11.5, color: LIGHT_GRAY, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "top"
  });

  // Aortic body
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 5.3, y: 0.98, w: 4.4, h: 4.3, fill: { color: "0F1D2B" }, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 1.2 } });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 5.3, y: 0.98, w: 4.4, h: 0.5, fill: { color: TEAL_LIGHT }, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT } });
  slide.addText("🔵  Aortic Bodies", { x: 5.35, y: 0.99, w: 4.3, h: 0.47, fontSize: 14, bold: true, color: DEEP_NAVY, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "middle", margin: 3 });

  const aortic = [
    "Located in aortic arch",
    "Less important than carotid bodies in humans",
    "Signal travels via vagus nerve (CN X) → brain stem",
    "Respond to similar stimuli: ↓PaO₂, ↑PaCO₂, ↑H⁺",
    "Primarily important for cardiovascular reflex responses",
    "Both carotid and aortic bodies increase ventilation and heart rate",
    "Aortic bodies may have greater role in neonates"
  ];
  slide.addText(aortic.map(p => ({ text: p, options: { bullet: true, breakLine: true } })), {
    x: 5.45, y: 1.55, w: 4.1, h: 3.65,
    fontSize: 11.5, color: LIGHT_GRAY, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "top"
  });
}

// ─── Slide 6: Role of CO₂ – The Primary Regulator ───
{
  const slide = pres.addSlide();
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0, y: 0, w: 10, h: 5.625, fill: { color: SOFT_WHITE } });
  addAccentBar(slide, TEAL_DARK);

  slide.addText("CO₂: The Primary Regulator of Ventilation", {
    x: 0.3, y: 0.15, w: 9.5, h: 0.6,
    fontSize: 22, bold: true, color: TEAL_DARK, fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
  });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 0.3, y: 0.82, w: 9.4, h: 0, line: { color: TEAL_LIGHT, width: 1.5 } });

  // Key fact highlight
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 0.95, w: 9.4, h: 0.7, fill: { color: TEAL_DARK }, line: { color: TEAL_DARK } });
  slide.addText("PCO₂ change from 35→75 mmHg causes a MASSIVE increase in ventilation — CO₂ is by far the dominant chemical stimulus at rest.", {
    x: 0.35, y: 0.97, w: 9.3, h: 0.66,
    fontSize: 13, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", italic: false, valign: "middle", margin: 5
  });

  // Three mechanisms
  const cols = [
    {
      title: "Mechanism 1\nCO₂ → H⁺ in CSF",
      color: TEAL_MID,
      points: [
        "CO₂ freely crosses BBB",
        "Reacts with H₂O → carbonic acid",
        "Releases H⁺ into medullary interstitium",
        "H⁺ directly activates chemosensitive neurons"
      ]
    },
    {
      title: "Mechanism 2\nCO₂ at Peripheral Receptors",
      color: ACCENT,
      points: [
        "↑PCO₂ also stimulates carotid & aortic bodies",
        "Peripheral response is FAST (seconds)",
        "Carotid bodies: sensitive to all 3 stimuli",
        "Signals sent via CN IX to respiratory center"
      ]
    },
    {
      title: "Mechanism 3\nAcute vs Chronic",
      color: ACCENT2,
      points: [
        "Acute: very strong ventilatory response",
        "Chronic (1–2 days): response decreases",
        "Kidneys raise HCO₃⁻ → buffer H⁺",
        "HCO₃⁻ crosses BBB → normalizes CSF H⁺"
      ]
    }
  ];

  cols.forEach((col, i) => {
    const x = 0.25 + i * 3.2;
    slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x, y: 1.78, w: 3.0, h: 3.6, fill: { color: WHITE }, line: { color: col.color, width: 1.2 } });
    slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x, y: 1.78, w: 3.0, h: 0.65, fill: { color: col.color }, line: { color: col.color } });
    slide.addText(col.title, { x: x + 0.05, y: 1.79, w: 2.9, h: 0.62, fontSize: 11.5, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", align: "center", margin: 0 });
    slide.addText(col.points.map(p => ({ text: p, options: { bullet: true, breakLine: true } })), {
      x: x + 0.1, y: 2.49, w: 2.8, h: 2.82,
      fontSize: 11, color: DARK_TEXT, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "top"
    });
  });

  slide.addText("Guyton & Hall, Ch. 42", { x: 0.2, y: 5.3, w: 4, h: 0.25, fontSize: 9, italic: true, color: "888888", margin: 0 });
}

// ─── Slide 7: Role of O₂ (Hypoxic Drive) ───
{
  const slide = pres.addSlide();
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0, y: 0, w: 10, h: 5.625, fill: { color: DEEP_NAVY } });

  slide.addText("Role of O₂ — Hypoxic Drive", {
    x: 0.4, y: 0.18, w: 9.2, h: 0.6,
    fontSize: 24, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
  });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 0.4, y: 0.83, w: 9.2, h: 0, line: { color: ACCENT, width: 1.5 } });

  // Important note
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 0.98, w: 9.4, h: 0.65, fill: { color: ACCENT2 }, line: { color: ACCENT2 } });
  slide.addText("⚠️  O₂ does NOT directly stimulate the medullary respiratory center — it acts ONLY via peripheral chemoreceptors.", {
    x: 0.35, y: 1.0, w: 9.3, h: 0.61,
    fontSize: 13, bold: true, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "middle", margin: 5
  });

  const rows = [
    { head: "Normal Range (PaO₂ > 100 mmHg)", text: "Very little hypoxic stimulation. Hemoglobin is nearly fully saturated. Changes in PaO₂ cause minimal change in ventilation due to the flat upper part of the O₂-Hb dissociation curve." },
    { head: "Mild Hypoxia (PaO₂ 60–100 mmHg)", text: "Moderate stimulation begins. Carotid bodies start increasing their firing rate. Clinically, patients may not notice hypoxia in this range without pulse oximetry." },
    { head: "Significant Hypoxia (PaO₂ < 60 mmHg)", text: "Strong activation of carotid bodies. Steep portion of dissociation curve — small ↓PaO₂ → large ↓SaO₂. Ventilation increases markedly (hyperventilation)." },
    { head: "Chronic Hypoxia (High Altitude, COPD)", text: "Sustained hypoxic drive. In COPD patients who retain CO₂, supplemental O₂ must be given carefully — removing hypoxic drive can suppress ventilation." },
  ];

  rows.forEach((row, i) => {
    slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 1.75 + i * 0.92, w: 9.4, h: 0.85, fill: { color: i % 2 === 0 ? "0D2740" : "0D3320" }, line: { color: "FFFFFF20" } });
    slide.addText(row.head, { x: 0.4, y: 1.77 + i * 0.92, w: 3.2, h: 0.8, fontSize: 11.5, bold: true, color: ACCENT, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "middle", margin: 3 });
    slide.addText(row.text, { x: 3.65, y: 1.77 + i * 0.92, w: 5.9, h: 0.8, fontSize: 11, color: LIGHT_GRAY, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "middle", margin: 3 });
  });
}

// ─── Slide 8: Role of H⁺ and pH ───
{
  const slide = pres.addSlide();
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0, y: 0, w: 10, h: 5.625, fill: { color: SOFT_WHITE } });
  addAccentBar(slide, ACCENT2);

  slide.addText("Role of H⁺ and pH in Ventilatory Control", {
    x: 0.3, y: 0.15, w: 9.5, h: 0.6,
    fontSize: 22, bold: true, color: TEAL_DARK, fontFace: "Calibri", margin: 0
  });
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.line, { x: 0.3, y: 0.82, w: 9.4, h: 0, line: { color: ACCENT2, width: 1.5 } });

  // Normal pH info
  slide.addShape(pres.ShapeType.rect, { x: 0.3, y: 0.95, w: 9.4, h: 0.65, fill: { color: TEAL_DARK }, line: { color: TEAL_DARK } });
  slide.addText("Normal arterial pH: 7.35–7.45 | Changes in this range alter ventilation by <10% compared to CO₂ changes — but metabolic acidosis/alkalosis has major clinical significance.", {
    x: 0.35, y: 0.97, w: 9.3, h: 0.61,
    fontSize: 12, color: WHITE, fontFace: "Calibri", valign: "middle", margin: 5
  });

  // Two column layout
  const left = [
    { label: "Metabolic Acidosis → ↑ Ventilation", items: [
      "↑ H⁺ (↓ pH) stimulates central & peripheral chemoreceptors",
      "Results in hyperventilation — Kussmaul breathing",
      "Blows off CO₂ to compensate: ↓PCO₂ → ↑pH",
      "Classic example: diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)",
      "Compensation is respiratory: rapid and deep breaths"
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      "Example: vomiting (loss of HCl)",
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// ─── Slide 9: Interactions – CO₂, O₂, H⁺ Together ───
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// ─── Slide 10: Feedback Loop – Putting It All Together ───
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// ─── Slide 11: Clinical Applications ───
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// ─── Slide 12: Summary ───
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    { num: "3", text: "Oxygen acts exclusively via peripheral chemoreceptors; significant ventilatory response requires PaO₂ < 60 mmHg." },
    { num: "4", text: "H⁺ (metabolic acidosis) stimulates hyperventilation; metabolic alkalosis suppresses ventilation." },
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// ─── Write File ───
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Running Command

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Chemical Regulation of Respiration

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What's inside — 12 slides with a deep navy/teal color scheme:
SlideContent
1Title slide
2Why chemical regulation is needed (O₂, CO₂, H⁺ goals)
3Two-system framework: Central vs Peripheral chemoreceptors
4Central chemoreceptors - retrotrapezoid nucleus, CO₂ → H⁺ mechanism
5Peripheral chemoreceptors - carotid bodies vs aortic bodies
6CO₂ as primary regulator - 3 mechanisms, acute vs chronic adaptation
7Role of O₂ - hypoxic drive, PaO₂ thresholds
8Role of H⁺/pH - metabolic acidosis & alkalosis effects
9Interaction table - CO₂, O₂, H⁺ compared (potency, site, response)
10Complete negative feedback loop diagram + COPD/exercise notes
11Clinical applications - COPD, altitude, DKA, opioid overdose
125 key takeaways summary
All content is sourced from Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, Chapter 42.
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