CAROTID SINUS


Meaning of CAROTID SINUS in English

noun

: the slight enlargement of the common carotid artery at the point where it divides into external and internal carotid arteries, being richly supplied with sensory nerve endings and playing a major part in the mechanism regulating heart rate and blood pressure

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