Investigation Focus and Research

The hypoxic drive, a secondary respiratory drive in humans is an effective respiratory drive. It serves to regulate the oxygen levels within humans based on oxygen chemoreceptors located in the arteries and peripheral parts of the human body. The normal respiratory drive that is the primary form of respiration in humans integrates several major parts of the body to regulate the level of carbon dioxide within the body. Doctors contest that there is a great extent up to which the Hypoxic drive is used as a primary drive in humans as well, but in the light of certain conditions that affect humans. Although it is known that the Hypoxic Drive serves as a backup drive, it begs the question of why the Hypoxic drive is not the primary respiratory drive in humans. The investigation focuses on the point at which the human species severed the primacy of the Hypoxic drive and naturally shifted into the utilization of the respiratory system that regulates carbon dioxide levels. The investigation traverses a biological field that could open up many medical possibilities such as the possible transfer of human reliance on the respiratory system to the Hypoxic drive in the event that the respiratory system fails to sufficiently regulate gas respiration processes. The investigation will be ensconced in evolutionary biology developments regarding human respiration.