noun
or carotid gland
: a small body of highly vascular chromaffin tissue adjoining the carotid sinus and serving as a chemoreceptor sensitive to changes of the oxygen tension in blood and mediating reflex changes in respiratory activities
noun
or carotid gland
: a small body of highly vascular chromaffin tissue adjoining the carotid sinus and serving as a chemoreceptor sensitive to changes of the oxygen tension in blood and mediating reflex changes in respiratory activities
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012