... and is named the carotid sulcus. Along the posterior part of the lateral margin of this groove, in the angle between the body ... Body of sphenoid bone Body of sphenoid bone Body of sphenoid bone Dutton, Jonathan J. (February 2, 2010). Radiology of the ... The body of the sphenoid bone, more or less cubical in shape, is hollowed out in its interior to form two large cavities, the ... The lateral surfaces of the body are united with the greater wings of the sphenoid and the medial pterygoid plates. Above the ...

Information about the pressure changes in the carotid sinus comes from carotid bodies located near the carotid artery and this ... The internal carotid arteries are branches of the common carotid arteries. They enter the cranium through the carotid canal, ... Sleep is an essential requirement for the body and brain and allows the closing down and resting of the body's systems. There ... Although the human brain represents only 2% of the body weight, it receives 15% of the cardiac output, 20% of total body oxygen ...

Therefore, he killed Miller by slashing his carotid artery with the same knife he used to dissect his victims' bodies. Miller ... Hours later, Dahmer dragged the body to the basement. The following day, Dahmer dissected Hicks' body in his basement. He later ... Therefore, he strangled him and dismembered the body-intentionally retaining no body parts whatsoever. He photographed the ... Dahmer left the body in the cellar for one week before dismembering it in much the same manner as he had with Tuomi. He placed ...

Both bodies also bore scattered hematomae. The autopsy was not able to determine which were the fatal wounds, as there were ... She tried to block the door, but the murderer pushed her away, smashed her head with the barbell and cut her carotid artery. ... At 5:00 a.m., Annette and her partner came back home and found the horribly mangled bodies of the two girls. After the police ...

The UK Biobank Imaging Study aims to perform brain, cardiac and body magnetic resonance imaging, carotid Doppler ultrasound and ...

... vasopressin secretion in response to cardiovascular stimuli arising from chemoreceptors in the carotid body and aortic arch, ... The hypothalamus functions as a type of thermostat for the body. It sets a desired body temperature, and stimulates either heat ... Stress Invading microorganisms by increasing body temperature, resetting the body's thermostat upward. Olfactory stimuli are ... The hypothalamus controls body temperature, hunger, important aspects of parenting and maternal attachment behaviours, thirst, ...

... was the first to describe arterial chemoreceptors and circumscribe them to the carotid body for the respiratory reflexes in ... and it was considered necessary to establish a legally independent body for the Prize work. Therefore, the Nobel Assembly was ...

Similarly, baroreceptors are stretch receptors located in the aortic sinus, carotid bodies, the venae cavae, and other ... The last variable is body temperature. Elevated body temperature is called hyperthermia, and suppressed body temperature is ... The inclusion of physical activity status, maximal oxygen uptake, smoking, body mass index, body weight, or resting heart rate ... Heart rate is not a stable value and it increases or decreases in response to the body's need in a way to maintain an ...

... as determined by central and peripheral chemoreceptors located in the central nervous system and carotid and aortic bodies, ... 229 If the alveolar ventilation is low, there will not be enough oxygen delivered to the alveoli for the body's use. This can ... Hypoxemia has many causes, and often causes hypoxia as the blood is not supplying enough oxygen to the tissues of the body. ... or the body as a whole. Hypoxemia can cause hypoxia (hypoxemic hypoxia), but hypoxia can also occur via other mechanisms, such ...

... and the type 1 chief cells found in the carotid body. The gastric chief cell (also known as a zymogenic cell or peptic cell) is ...

Similarly, baroreceptors are stretch receptors located in the aortic sinus, carotid bodies, the venae cavae, and other ... Eventually in the systemic capillaries exchange with the tissue fluid and cells of the body occurs; oxygen and nutrients are ... The systemic circuit transports oxygen to the body and returns relatively de-oxygenated blood and carbon dioxide to the ... from the body via the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava and from the coronary sinus and pump it, through the tricuspid ...

Above: optic tract, optic chiasma, internal carotid artery. Inferiorly: foramen lacerum, and the junction of the body and ... The carotid siphon of the internal carotid artery, and cranial nerves III, IV, V (branches V1 and V2) and VI all pass through ... Abducens nerve Internal carotid artery accompanied by the internal carotid plexus These nerves, with the exception of CN V2, ... aneurysms of the intracavernous carotid artery, carotid-cavernous fistula, bacterial infection causing cavernous sinus ...

FMD can be found in almost every artery in the human body, but most often affects the carotid, vertebral, renal arteries and ... The carotid and vertebral arteries are most commonly affected. Middle and distal regions of the internal carotid arteries are ... Patients with carotid or vertebral FMD should be medically managed to reduce the risk of a stroke. Aspirin 81 mg is typically ... has been found in nearly every arterial bed in the body although the most common arteries affected are the renal and carotid ...

Eventually, that progressed into vision problems and paralysis in the left side of his body. A massive blockage in his right ... carotid artery necessitated emergency surgery that evening. An examination by neurologist William S. Fields showed that Richard ... Before the stroke, he had a headache and a feeling of weakness through his body. ...

In humans, hypoxia is detected by the peripheral chemoreceptors in the carotid body and aortic body, with the carotid body ... Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level. ... Hypoxia may be classified as either generalized, affecting the whole body, or local, affecting a region of the body. Although ... The human body is most sensitive to longitudinal acceleration towards the head, as this causes the largest hydrostatic pressure ...

These responses might be activated by dopamine released from the carotid body under conditions of low oxygen, but whether ... L-DOPA is converted to dopamine in the brain and various parts of the body by the enzyme DOPA decarboxylase. L-DOPA is used ... The complex patterns that appear on butterfly wings, as well as black-and-white stripes on the bodies of insect larvae, are ... Parkinson's disease is an age-related disorder characterized by movement disorders such as stiffness of the body, slowing of ...

... from the carotid body and carotid sinus via (the carotid sinus nerve of) the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX), and from aortic ... Neuron cell bodies of the SN are roughly somatotopically arranged along its length according to function. The nucleus ... Afferents of the SN mediate the gag reflex, the carotid sinus reflex, the aortic reflex, the cough reflex, the baroreceptor and ... Cell bodies of the SN are roughly somatotopically arranged along its length according to function: for instance, cells involved ...

... a branch of the internal carotid plexus (cell bodies are located in the superior cervical ganglion) The preganglionic ... cell bodies are located in the superior salivatory nucleus) postganglionic sympathetic axons from the deep petrosal nerve, ...

Adenohypophysis Neurons of Hypothalamus Chief Cells of Parathyroid Adrenal Medullary Cells Glomus cells in Carotid Body ...

... "prevertebral fascia overlying anterolateral surface of vertebral bodies" Superior: "common carotid artery" Inferior: " ...

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... orbital foreign body, carotid cavernous fistula) Malformation (congenital, vascular) Immediate treatment is very important, and ... Recent upper respiratory illness Sinus infection Younger age Retained foreign bodies within the orbit Trauma Immunosuppression ...

... carotid body tumor MeSH C04.557.465.625.650.700.705.340 - glomus jugulare tumor MeSH C04.557.465.625.650.700.705.360 - glomus ... carotid body tumor MeSH C04.557.580.625.650.700.705.340 - glomus jugulare tumor MeSH C04.557.580.625.650.700.705.360 - glomus ...

... body weight, carotid artery dimensions, subfoveal choroidal thickness and peripapillary total retinal thickness, and serum ... Weightlessness causes body fluids in astronauts to accumulate in the upper half of the body, leading to facial edema and ... Identical twins Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly were studied for changes in the health of a body in space compared to a body on ... A variety of mechanisms in the human body were analyzed, notably telomere length, body mass, eye and bone deformation, and ...

Blood oxygen and carbon dioxide are in fact directly sensed by the carotid body, a small collection of chemosensors at the ... The sympathetic nervous system consists of cells with bodies in the lateral grey column from T1 to L2/3. These cell bodies are ... It has been described as "the Second Brain of the Human Body". Its functions include: Sensing chemical and mechanical changes ... The parasympathetic nervous system consists of cells with bodies in one of two locations: the brainstem (Cranial Nerves III, ...

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Baroreceptors in the body (primarily those located in the carotid sinuses and aortic arch) sense the reduction of circulating ... Hypovolemia, also known as volume depletion or volume contraction, is a state of abnormally low extracellular fluid in the body ... Loss of body sodium and consequent intravascular water (due to impaired reabsorption of salt and water in the tubules of the ... and total body water) that ultimately causes cellular desiccation and elevates the plasma sodium concentration and osmolality ...

... and in the aortic and carotid bodies as well as by neural impulses from lung stretch receptors and impulses from the cerebral ... Carbon dioxide is produced continuously as the body's cells respire, and this CO2 will accumulate rapidly if the lungs do not ...

... the carotid body, the salivary glands, and thyroid gland. The postganglionic axons of the SCG form the internal carotid plexus ... Post-ganglionic efferents then leave the SCG and join the internal carotid nerve plexus of the internal carotid artery, ... The bodies of its preganglionic sympathetic afferent neurons are located in the lateral horn of the spinal cord. Their axons ... The internal carotid plexus carries the postganglionic axons of the SCG to the eye, lacrimal gland, mucous membranes of the ...