NOUN
- a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration
How To Use carotid body In A Sentence
- Since the end of the 18th century we know of the existence of a curious structure in the region of the sinus, the glomus caroticum or carotid body which, in man, extends over only a few millimetres. Physiology or Medicine 1938 - Presentation Speech
- Behind the angle of bifurcation of the common carotid artery is a reddish-brown oval body, known as the glomus caroticum (carotid body). VI. The Arteries. 3. The Arteries of the Head and Neck. a. The Common Carotid Artery
- Objective To evaluate DSA in treatment of carotid body tumor.
- The authors mention only central cortical and subcortical structures involved in arousal mechanisms, without referring to peripheral arterial chemoreceptors as the carotid body, the role of which in arousal from asphyxial events is widely accepted. Medlogs - Recent stories
