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Endocrine System > Chromaffin System > Para-Aortic Bodies

Preferred term

Para-Aortic Bodies  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bodies, Paraaortic
  • Body, Paraaortic
  • Organ of Zuckerkandl
  • Organs of Zuckerkandl
  • Paraaortic Bodies
  • Paraaortic Body
  • Zuckerkandl Organ
  • Zuckerkandl Organs

Note

  • do not confuse with AORTIC BODIES

Scope note

  • Small masses of chromaffin cells found near the SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA along the ABDOMINAL AORTA, beginning cranial to the superior mesenteric artery (MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR) or renal arteries and extending to the level of the aortic bifurcation or just beyond. They are also called the organs of Zuckerkandl and sometimes called aortic bodies (not to be confused with AORTIC BODIES in the THORAX). The para-aortic bodies are the dominant source of CATECHOLAMINES in the FETUS and normally regress after BIRTH.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under CHROMAFFIN SYSTEM 1975-90

In other languages

  • aortanvieruskeräset

    Finnish

  • aortanvieruskeränen
  • corpora para-aortica
  • corpora paraaortica
  • corpus para-aorticum
  • corpus paraaorticum
  • para-aortaalielimet
  • para-aortaalielin
  • para-aortaalikappale
  • para-aortaalikappaleet
  • para-aortaalinen elin
  • para-aortaalinen kappale
  • para-aortaaliset elimet
  • para-aortaaliset kappaleet
  • Zuckerkandl
  • Zuckerkandlin elimet
  • Zuckerkandlin elin
  • Zuckerkandlin kappale
  • Zuckerkandlin kappaleet
  • Paraaortala kroppar

    Swedish

  • Zuckerkandls organ

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010220

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