See Also: carotid sinus(medicine)
carotid sinus branch(medicine)
carotid sinus syncope(medicine)
carotid sinus test(medicine)
carotid sinus reflex(medicine)
carotid sinus nerve(medicine)
nerve to carotid sinus(medicine)
carotid sinus syndrome(medicine)
carotid-cavernous sinus fistula(medicine)
cavernous sinus branch of internal carotid artery(medicine)

Zeno of Elea (sh) and carotid sinus (medicine)


Zeno of Elea (sh)




born งใ 495
died งใ 430 BC

Greek philosopher and mathematician.

He was called by Aristotle the inventor of dialectic. He is best known for his paradoxes (see paradoxes of Zeno). As a pupil and friend of Parmenides, he took it upon himself to reply to those who asserted that his master's doctrine of "the one" (i.e., indivisible reality) was inconsistent (see monism); he tried to show that the assumption of the existence of "the many" (i.e., a plurality of things in time and space) carried with it more serious inconsistencies.


carotid sinus (medicine)


carotid sinus
<anatomy> A slight dilation in the carotid artery at its bifurcation into the external and internal carotid arteries, it contains baroreceptors (pressure sensors) that when stimulated, will cause a reflex slowing of the heart, vasodilation and a fall in blood pressure.