Preferred Name | carotid body | |
Synonyms |
glomus caroticum carotid glomus |
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Definitions |
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. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001629 |
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database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0007277 SCTID:362586000 Wikipedia:Carotid_body NCIT:C66852 EMAPA:19211 BTO:0000204 MESH:D002344 FMA:50095 GAID:813 MA:0002463 |
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definition |
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. |
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depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Gray1186.png |
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has_exact_synonym |
glomus caroticum carotid glomus |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0001629 |
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in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim |
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label |
carotid body |
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notation |
UBERON:0001629 |
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part_of | ||
preferred label |
carotid body |
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prefLabel |
carotid body |
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