CAROTID BODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carotid body mean? 

• CAROTID BODY (noun)
  The noun CAROTID BODY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CAROTID BODY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAROTID BODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("carotid body" is a kind of...):

chemoreceptor (a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include the carotid body and jugulotympanic paragangliomas.

(Head and Neck Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carotid body paraganglioma that is confined to the site of origin, without metastatic potential.

(Benign Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm of the chemoreceptor system (e.g. carotid body, glomus jugulare, glomus vagale).

(Malignant Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A benign neoplasm of the chemoreceptor system (e.g. carotid body, glomus jugulare, glomus vagale).

(Benign Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A carotid body paraganglioma that metastasizes to other anatomic sites.

(Malignant Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include aorticopulmonary, carotid body, jugulotympanic, and mediastinal paragangliomas.

(Parasympathetic Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Doxapram, independent of oxygen levels, directly stimulates the peripheral carotid chemoreceptors, possibly by inhibiting the potassium channels of type I cells within the carotid body, thereby stimulating catecholamines release.

(Doxapram, NCI Thesaurus)

A neoplasm of the chemoreceptor system (e.g. carotid body, glomus jugulare, glomus vagale) for which the malignancy status has not be established.

(Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)