Aortic Bodies |
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| Aortic Body; Aorticum, Glomus; Bodies, Aortic; Bodies, Vagal; Body, Aortic; Body, Vagal; Glomus, Aortic; Vagal Bodies; Vagale, Glomus | |
| Small clusters of chemoreceptive and supporting cells located near the ARCH OF THE AORTA; the PULMONARY ARTERIES; and the coronary arteries. The aortic bodies sense PH; CARBON DIOXIDE; and oxygen concentrations in the BLOOD and participate in the control of RESPIRATION. The aortic bodies should not be confused with the PARA-AORTIC BODIES in the abdomen (which are sometimes also called aortic bodies). | |