carotid body
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small cluster of chemoreceptors and supporting cells located near the fork (bifurcation) of the carotid artery (which runs along both sides of the throat).
Research
17,837 papers- Carotid body: a metabolic sensor implicated in insulin resistance.Physiological genomics · 2018
- The carotid body and associated tumors: updated review with clinical/surgical significance.British journal of neurosurgery · 2019
- Carotid body resection. Controversy--confusion--conflict.The Annals of thoracic surgery · 1973
- Carotid body tumor.Annals of internal medicine · 1947
- The Carotid Body as Part of a Unified Sympathoadrenal System of Neural Crest Derivatives: Insights from Two Centuries of Research.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Connects with
- vagus nerve
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- anatomical location
- carotid artery
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