The sensory nerve endings in the wall of the atria of the heart, vena cava, aortic arch and carotid sinus that are sensitive to changes in blood pressure. [ MP:0004118 ]

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

Subsets

pheno_slim

comment

WP classifies as mechanoreceptor

has related synonym

vascular stretch receptor

pressoreceptor

stretch receptor

baroceptor

id

UBERON:0004019

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/510