CAROTID BODY


Meaning of CAROTID BODY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1925

: a small body of vascular tissue that adjoins the carotid sinus, functions as a chemoreceptor sensitive to change in the oxygen content of blood, and mediates reflex changes in respiratory activity

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