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Structure of the glomic arteries
Author(s) -
Jago Ross,
Heath Donald,
Smith Paul
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711380303
Subject(s) - carotid arteries , anatomy , medicine , baroreceptor , common carotid artery , carotid sinus , electron microscope , cardiology , blood supply , circulatory system , blood pressure , surgery , heart rate , physics , optics
The structure of the arteries which supply blood to the carotid bodies was examined in five cases in which the weights of the cardiac ventricles were normal and in which hypoxaemia due to emphysema or systemic hypertension were absent. The right glomic arteries were studied by light microscopy, and the left by electron microscopy. A sixth case, also free from myocardial hypertrophy, was used solely for an examination of the common carotid artery, the carotid sinus and the internal carotid artery by light and electron microscopy. The glomic arteries resembled the carotid sinus in being highly elastic with a rich supply of non‐myelinated nerve fibres and thus had a structure consistent with having a baroreceptor function.