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 ]
Synonyms: glomus caroticum carotid glomus
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cross reference
- SCTID:362586000
- EMAPA:19211
- NCIT:C66852
- UMLS:C0007277 (ncithesaurus:Carotid_Body)
- MA:0002463
- BTO:0000204
- MESH:D002344
- Wikipedia:Carotid_body
- GAID:813
- FMA:50095
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- nonchromaffin paraganglion
- mesoderm-derived structure
- has part some type II cell of carotid body
- overlaps some internal carotid artery
- has part some type I cell of carotid body
- has part some chemoreceptor cell
- part of some common carotid artery plus branches
- overlaps some external carotid artery
- capable of part of some detection of reduced oxygen by carotid body chemoreceptor signaling