A small epithelioid structure consisting of a small cluster of chemoreceptive and supporting cells located near the bifurcation of the common carotid artery that serves as a chemoreceptive organ that senses the pH, carbon dioxide, and oxygen concentrations in the blood and plays a crucial role in their homeostatic control. [ MP:0003438 ]
Term information
- BTO:0000204
- FMA:50095
- SCTID:362586000
- MA:0002463
- MESH:A08.800.550.700.120.600.150
- UMLS:C0007277 (ncithesaurus:Carotid_Body)
- EMAPA:19211
- GAID:813
- NCIT:C66852
- Wikipedia:Carotid_body
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A small epithelioid structure consisting of a small cluster of chemoreceptive and supporting cells located near the bifurcation of the common carotid artery that serves as a chemoreceptive organ that senses the pH, carbon dioxide, and oxygen concentrations in the blood and plays a crucial role in their homeostatic control.
Term relations
- nonchromaffin paraganglion
- mesoderm-derived structure
- has part some type II cell of carotid body
- has part some type I cell of carotid body
- has part some chemoreceptor cell
- has part some (part of some external carotid artery)
- part of some common carotid artery plus branches
- has part some (part of some internal carotid artery)
- capable of part of some detection of reduced oxygen by carotid body chemoreceptor signaling
- capable of some detection of chemical stimulus