Carotid Body

Definition: Carotid Body

1. Located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration.

Specialty Definitions: Carotid Body

Domain	Definitions
Health	A small cluster of chemoreceptive and supporting cells located near the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The carotid body, which is richly supplied with fenestrated capillaries, senses the pH, carbon dioxide, and oxygen concentrations in the blood and plays a crucial role in their homeostatic control. (references)
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Commercial Usage: Carotid Body

Domain	Title
Books	Chemoreception in the carotid body (reference) Diseases of the Human Carotid Body (reference) Mammalian Carotid Body (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology) (reference) The Biogenic amines in the carotid body (reference) The Pathology of the Carotid Body and Sinus (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression: Carotid Body

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Carotid Body

Modern Translations: Carotid Body

Language		Translations for "carotid body"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		glomus caroticum. (various references)

Dutch		glomus carotideum, glomus caroticum. (various references)

French		glome carotidien. (various references)

German		Corpus intercarotideum, Plexus intercaroticus, Paraganglion intercaroticum Kohn, Labyrinthus caroticus Zimmermann, Karotisdrüse, Glomus carotideum, Glomus caroticum, Glomerulus arteriosus intercaroticus, Glandula inter-carotica, Glandula carotica. (various references)

Greek		καρωτιδικό παραγάγγλιο. (various references)

Pig Latin		arotidcay odybay

Portuguese		glomo carotídeo. (various references)

Spanish		cuerpo carotídeo, glomus carotídeo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Carotid Body

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-d-i-o-o-r-t-y"
	-3 letters: additory, botryoid.
	-4 letters: barytic, carotid, catbird, cordoba, dacoity, dryadic, robotic.
	-5 letters: addict, adroit, aortic, bardic, boyard, broody, byroad, carboy, corody, dacoit, didact, doctor, dorado, dotard, dyadic, octroi, oddity, toroid.
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