Medical Definition of Para-aortic bodies

1. Small masses of chromaffin cells found near the sympathetic ganglia along the abdominal aorta. They serve as chemoreceptors responsive to oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen ion concentration, and help to control respiration. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Para-aortic Bodies

papyrologists
papyrology
papyrus
papyruses
paquebot
paquebots
par
par excellence
par for the course
par value
par yield
par yields
para
para-
para-actinomycosis
para-aortic bodies (current term)
para-appendicitis
para I
para aminobenzoic acid
para nut
para red
para reds
para rubber
para rubber tree
paraaminobenzoic acid
paraballism
parabanic
parabanic acid

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