Assertion: The medulla oblongata uses CSF pH as an indicator of blood carbon dioxide concentration.
Reason: Carbon dioxide is the main determinant of the pH of the CSF:
| 1. | Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. |
| 2. | Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion. |
| 3. | Assertion is true but reason is false. |
| 4. | Both assertion and reason are false. |