carotid body; carotid glomus
Medical term for a small cluster of chemoreceptors at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery.
The carotid body senses the partial pressure of oxygen in the blood.
Standard kanji spelling using 頸 (neck).
Variant using 頚, a simplified form of 頸.
Compound of 頸動脈 (carotid artery) and 小体 (small body, corpuscle).