para-aortic bodies
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Aortic body — Infobox Anatomy Name = Aortic body Latin = corpora paraaortica GraySubject = 277 GrayPage = 1277 Caption = The thoracic aorta, heart and other great vessels. (Aortic body not visible, but arch of aorta labeled at center.) Caption2 = Precursor =… … Wikipedia
Organ of Zuckerkandl — The abdominal aorta and its branches. (Organ of Zuckerkandl is not shown, but it usually appears alongside the abdominal aorta.) The Organ of Zuckerkandl is a chromaffin body derived from neural crest located at the bifurcation of the aorta … Wikipedia
corpora paraaortica — [TA] para aortic bodies: exclaves of glandular cells of sympathetic origin (chromaffin cells) found near the sympathetic ganglia along the aorta in the abdominal cavity; they serve as chemoreceptors responsive to oxygen, carbon dioxide, and… … Medical dictionary
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
Paraaortic lymph node — Infobox Lymph Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 180 GrayPage = 705 Caption = Lymph nodes (Paraaortic labeled in center in blue.) Caption2 = Left Lumbar Lymph Nodes (Paraaortic Lymph Nodes) 1. Lateral aortic 2. Preaortic 3. Postaortic 4.… … Wikipedia
Paraganglioma — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a carotid body tumor (a type of paraganglioma). ICD 10 C … Wikipedia
chemoreceptor system — the system of body structures, principally the carotid, para aortic, and tympanic bodies, that respond to variations in oxygen tension and carbon dioxide tension of the blood and may play a role in the regulation of respiration … Medical dictionary
medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… … Universalium
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