| g. caro´ticum |
[TA] carotid glomus: a small neurovascular structure lying in the bifurcation of the right and left carotid arteries, made up of richly innervated epithelioid glomus cells (type I) surrounded by type II cells. It functions as an arterial chemoreceptor (although which component is responsible is uncertain), with stimulation by hypoxia, hypercapnia, or elevated hydrogen ion concentration resulting in an increase in blood pressure, cardiac rate, and respiratory movements. Another function may be as an endocrine gland. Called also carotid body. Click here to view image■Glomus caroticum (carotid glomus), located deep to the carotid bifurcation and innervated by a plexus of glossopharyngeal, vagal, and sympathetic components.
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| g. cauda´lis ner´vi glossopharyn´gei |
g. inferius nervi glossopharyngei.
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| g. cauda´lis ner´vi va´gi |
g. inferius nervi vagi.
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| g. cervica´le inferio´ris |
[TA] inferior cervical ganglion: an inconstant ganglion formed in place of the usual cervicothoracic ganglion by fusion of the lower two cervical ganglia in instances where the first thoracic ganglion remains separate.
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| g. cervica´le me´dium |
[TA] middle cervical ganglion: a variable ganglion, often fused with the vertebral ganglion, on the sympathetic trunk at about the level of the cricoid cartilage; its postganglionic fibers are distributed mainly to the heart, cervical region, and upper limb.
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