Medical Definition of Nerve to carotid sinus
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A branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve that innervates the baroreceptors in the wall of the carotid sinus and the chemoreceptors in the carotid body.
Synonym: ramus sinus carotici, carotid sinus branch, Hering's sinus nerve, intercarotid nerve, nerve to carotid sinus, sinus nerve of Hering.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nerve To Carotid Sinus
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