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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 info
Label
carotid body
Synonyms
- carotid glomus
- glomus caroticum
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim
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has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0001629
Term relations
Subclass of:
- nonchromaffin paraganglion
- mesoderm-derived structure
- 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)