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... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin > Carotid Body
... > Cells > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin > Carotid Body
... > Nervous System > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin > Carotid Body

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Carotid Body  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Caroticum, Glomus
  • Glomus Caroticum

Note

  • a nonchromaffin paraganglion

Scope note

  • A small cluster of chemoreceptive and supporting cells located near the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The carotid body, which is richly supplied with fenestrated capillaries, senses the pH, carbon dioxide, and oxygen concentrations in the blood and plays a crucial role in their homeostatic control.

In other languages

  • hankakerä

    Finnish

  • carotiskerä
  • carotiskeränen
  • glomus caroticum
  • hankakeränen
  • hankarauhanen
  • karotiskerä
  • karotiskeränen
  • nodulus caroticus
  • Karotiskörteln

    Swedish

  • Glomus caroticum

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002344

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