- carotid glomus
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English-Korean animal medical dictionary. 2013.
carotid glomus
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Glomus — (Latin for ball ) can refer to: * Glomus (fungus) * Glomus tumor * Coccygeal glomus * Carotid glomus is another name for the carotid body * Glomus cell * Glomerulus is a small ball … Wikipedia
Carotid body — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = glomus caroticum GraySubject = 277 GrayPage = 1281 Caption = Section of part of human glomus caroticum. Highly magnified. Numerous bloodvessels are seen in section among the gland cells. Caption2 = Diagram… … Wikipedia
glomus caroticum — glomus ca·rot·i·cum kə rät i kəm n CAROTID BODY * * * [TA] carotid body: a small neurovascular structure lying in the bifurcation of the right and left carotid arteries, made up of richly innervated epithelioid glomus cells (type I) surrounded by … Medical dictionary
carotid body — n 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 called also carotid gland, glomus caroticum * * … Medical dictionary
carotid gland — n CAROTID BODY * * * glomus caroticum … Medical dictionary
Glomus cell — The glomus cell is not to be confused with the glomus body found in the dermis layer of the skin. A glomus cell is a peripheral chemoreceptor, located in the carotid bodies and aortic bodies, that helps the body regulate breathing. When there is… … Wikipedia
Glomus body — The glomus body is not to be confused with the glomus cell which is a kind of chemoreceptor found in the carotid bodies and aortic bodies. A glomus body (or glomus apparatus) is a component of the dermis layer of the skin, involved in body… … Wikipedia
glomus — 1. [TA] A small globular body. 2. A highly organized arteriolovenular anastomosis forming a tiny nodular focus in the nailbed, pads of the fingers and toes, ears, hands, and feet and many other organs of the body. The afferent arteriole enters… … Medical dictionary
glomus cell — 1. any of the moderately large specific epithelioid cells (type I) of the carotid body (see glomus caroticum) containing abundant cytoplasm and membrane bound, electron dense granules and having a few dendritic processes; they are richly supplied … Medical dictionary
enlargement — 1. An increase in size; an anatomic swelling, e., or prominence. 2. An intumescence or swelling. SYN: intumescentia [TA], intumescence (1). cervical e. [TA] a spindle shaped swelling of the spinal … Medical dictionary
Paraganglioma — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a carotid body tumor (a type of paraganglioma). ICD 10 C … Wikipedia
