noun
carotid body; carotid glomus
Medical term for a small cluster of chemoreceptors at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery.
頸動脈小体は血中の酸素分圧を感知する。
The carotid body senses the partial pressure of oxygen in the blood.
Compound of 頸動脈 (carotid artery) and 小体 (small body, corpuscle).