Aortic body
| Aortic body | |
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The heart, thoracic aorta and other great vessels (aortic body not visible, but aortic arch labeled at center)
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| Latin | Glomus aorticum, corpora paraaortica |
| Vagus nerve | |
| Identifiers | |
| MeSH | A08.800.550.700.120.600.050 |
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b_17/12190576 |
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| TH | {{#property:P1694}} |
| TE | {{#property:P1693}} |
| FMA | {{#property:P1402}} |
| Anatomical terminology
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The aortic body is one of several small clusters of chemoreceptors, baroreceptors, and supporting cells located along the aortic arch.
Some sources equate the "aortic bodies" and "paraaortic bodies", while other sources explicitly distinguish between the two.[1][2] When a distinction is made, the "aortic bodies" are chemoreceptors which regulate Circulatory system, while the "paraaortic bodies" are the chromaffin cells which manufacture catecholamines.
Structure
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Function
It measures changes in blood pressure and the composition of arterial blood flowing past it, including the partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide.[3] The chemoreceptors responsible for sensing changes in blood gases are called glomus cells.
It gives feedback to the medulla oblongata via the afferent branches of the vagus nerve (X). The medulla, in turn, regulates breathing and blood pressure.
Clinical significance
Disorders
A paraganglioma is a tumor that may involve the aortic body.
Swelling can also occur.
See also
References
- ↑ Aortic Bodies at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ↑ Para-Aortic Bodies at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ↑ [1]
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