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Descriptor English: Carotid Sinus
Descriptor Spanish: Seno Carotídeo
Descriptor seno carotídeo
Scope note: Porción dilatada de la arteria carótida común en su bifurcación para dar lugar a las carótidas interna y externa. Contiene barorreceptores que, cuando se estimulan, provocan disminución del ritmo cardiaco, vasodilatación e hipotensión arterial.
Descriptor Portuguese: Seio Carotídeo
Descriptor French: Sinus carotidien
Entry term(s): Sinus, Carotid
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.186.456
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002346
Scope note: The dilated portion of the common carotid artery at its bifurcation into external and internal carotids. It contains baroreceptors which, when stimulated, cause slowing of the heart, vasodilatation, and a fall in blood pressure.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Pressoreceptors MeSH
DeCS ID: 2389
Unique ID: D002346
NLM Classification: WG 595.C2
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Carotid Sinus - Preferred
Concept UI M0003548
Scope note The dilated portion of the common carotid artery at its bifurcation into external and internal carotids. It contains baroreceptors which, when stimulated, cause slowing of the heart, vasodilatation, and a fall in blood pressure.
Preferred term Carotid Sinus
Entry term(s) Sinus, Carotid



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