单词 | aortic body |
释义 | aortic bodyaortic body[ā′ȯrd·ik ′bäd·ē]aortic bodyaortic bodyaortic bodyaortic bodyan area of nervous tissue in the wall of the AORTA, close to the heart, which is sensitive to small changes in blood CO2 levels. A rise in partial pressure of CO2 triggers nerve impulses from the aortic body to cardiac/respiratory centres in the hindbrain via afferent nerve fibres (see BREATHING). A drop in CO2 pressure causes inactivation of the aortic body (an example of a negative FEEDBACK MECHANISM). |
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