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** The upper airway receptors are responsible for reflex responses such as, sneezing, coughing, closure of glottis, and hiccups.
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** The Hering-Breuer reflex that terminates inspiration to prevent over inflation of the lungs, and the reflex responses of coughing, airway constriction, and hyperventilation.
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