carotid sinus 3900

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carotid sinus (pair)

Identification

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Link to the unit	carotid sinus (pair)
Links of entity	generic: carotid sinus
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links	Level 2: cerebrospinal arterial system Short Extended
	Level 3: internal carotid artery (pair) Short Extended
	Level 4: cervical part (pair)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Taxonomic definition

A carotid sinus is a segment of trunk of internal carotid artery

] which is at the bifurcation of internal carotid artery from common carotid artery and is the main baroreceptor site for arterial blood.

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U3568	cardiovascular system
TAH:U10381	cerebrospinal arterial system
TAH:U3947	cerebral arterial system
TAH:U8891	carotid system (pair)
TAH:U3898	internal carotid artery (pair)
TAH:U3899	cervical part (pair)
TAH:U3900	carotid sinus (pair)

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:67619	region of organ
FMA:86140	segment of organ
FMA:306412	ERR1
FMA:50722	segment of vascular hollow organ
FMA:312599	segment of blood vessel tree organ
FMA:63183	sanguine vessel
FMA:86256	segment of arterial trunk
FMA:70507	segment of trunk of internal carotid artery
FMA:50094	carotid sinus

Date: 28.06.2023