<prompt> Which of the following statements about vasomotor centre VMC is true?Independent of coiCohypothalamic inputsInfluenced by baroceptor signals but not by chemoreceptorsActs along with the cardiovagal centre CVC to maintain blood pressureEssentially silent in sleep  <response>: The vasomotor center VMC is a poion of the medulla oblongata that, together with the cardiovascular center and respiratory center, regulates blood pressure and other homeostatic processes Ref: guyton and hall textbook of medical physiology 12 edition page number:201,202,203 