glomus jugulare
[ jŭg′yə-lâr′ē ]
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n.
A microscopic collection of chemoreceptor tissue in the adventitia of the bulb of the jugular vein.
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How to use glomus jugulare in a sentence
In the case of the pronephros the glomeruli are as a rule fused together into a single glomus.