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baroreceptor

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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 [ ]

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Label

baroreceptor

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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

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