Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

carotid sinus

Synonyms
Definitions

The dilated portion of the common carotid artery at its bifurcation into external and internal carotids. It contains baroreceptors which, when stimulated, cause slowing of the heart, vasodilatation, and a fall in blood pressure. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID587

Definition

The dilated portion of the common carotid artery at its bifurcation into external and internal carotids. It contains baroreceptors which, when stimulated, cause slowing of the heart, vasodilatation, and a fall in blood pressure. [MeSH]

label

RID587

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID13183

Preferred_name

carotid sinus

Preferred_name_German

Sinus caroticus

prefixIRI

RID587

Segment_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID586

UMLS_ID

C0007281

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID35902

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