See Also: organs of Zuckerkandl(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Zuckerkandl(dictionary)
Zuckerkandl's bodies(medicine)
Zuckerkandl, Emil(medicine)
Zuckerkandl's fascia(medicine)
Zuckerkandl's convolution(medicine)
organ of zuckerkandl(medicine)
Organs(medicine)
circumventricular organs(medicine)

organs of Zuckerkandl (medicine)


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para-aortic bodies
Small masses of chromaffin cells found near the sympathetic ganglia along the abdominal aorta. They serve as chemoreceptors responsive to oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen ion concentration, and help to control respiration.