carotid body

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   a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration

   Broaderchemoreceptor

Questions about carotid body

What does carotid body mean?

carotid body means "a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration".

Is carotid body a common word?

carotid body is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.