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    Glomus cells are the cell type mainly located in the carotid bodies and aortic bodies. Glomus type I cells are peripheral chemoreceptors which sense the...
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  • up glomus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Glomus (Latin for 'ball of thread or yarn') can refer to: Glomus (fungus) Glomus tumor Coccygeal glomus Carotid...
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    Glomus tumor was also the name formerly (and incorrectly) used for a tumor now called a paraganglioma. A glomus tumor (also known as a "solitary glomus...
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  • The glomus body is not to be confused with the glomus cell which is a kind of chemoreceptor found in the carotid bodies and aortic bodies. A glomus body...
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    of cells, called glomus cells: glomus type I cells are peripheral chemoreceptors, and glomus type II cells are sustentacular supportive cells. Glomus type...
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    nerve palsies, usually of the vagus nerve and hypoglossal nerve. Glomus tympanicum and Glomus jugulare, also known as jugulotympanic paraganglioma: Both commonly...
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    Chief Cells of Parathyroid Adrenal Medullary Cells Glomus cells in Carotid Body Melanocytes of Skin Cells of Pineal Gland Renin producing cells in the...
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    Ameloblast Neuron Glia Schwann cell Satellite glial cell Chromaffin cell Glomus cell Melanocyte Nevus cell Merkel cell Odontoblast Cementoblast Corneal...
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    Glomus is a genus of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, and all species form symbiotic relationships (mycorrhizae) with plant roots. Glomus is the largest...
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    either chromaffin cells or glomus cells near sympathetic ganglia. List of distinct cell types in the adult human body List of human cell types derived from...
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    buds also contain sustentacular cells.[citation needed] Another type of sustentacular cell is found with glomus cells of the carotid and aortic bodies...
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    weight, and a roughly equal number of bacterial cells. The human cells have been categorized into over 400 cell types based on location and function within...
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    C.; Schußler, A. (2009). "'Glomus intraradices DAOM197198', a model fungus in arbuscular mycorrhiza research, is not Glomus intraradices". New Phytol....
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    Aortic body (redirect from Glomus aorticum)
    between it and the pulmonary artery below. They consist of glomus cells and sustentacular cells. Some sources equate the "aortic bodies" and "paraaortic...
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  • mycorrhizas.info. Retrieved 2019-03-17. [1] Glomus aggregatum Emended: A Distinct Taxon in the Glomus fasciculatum Complex. R. E. Koske, Mycologia ...
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    chemoreceptor cells located at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. It includes two populations of cells; glomus (type I) cells and sustentacular...
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    Sensory neuron (redirect from Receptor cell)
    interoceptors. The aortic bodies and carotid bodies contain clusters of glomus cells – peripheral chemoreceptors that detect changes in chemical properties...
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    PMID 16314705. S2CID 32243951. Santos L, Chow C, Kennerson A (2002). "Glomus coccygeum may mimic glomus tumour". Pathology. 34 (4): 339–43. doi:10.1080/003130202760120508...
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    of calvaria, ventral neck and face Endocrine cells: chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla, glomus cells type I/II. Peripheral nervous system: Sensory...
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  • A glomectomy is an excision of a glomus body or a glomus cell, usually in the case of a glomus tumor. This operation was formerly performed for the treatment...
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    Vasoconstrictors Vasodilators Autoregulation Myogenic mechanism Tubuloglomerular feedback Cerebral autoregulation Paraganglia Aortic body Carotid body Glomus cell...
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    mechanoreceptor cells (e.g. hair cells and Merkel cells), chemoreceptor cells (e.g. glomus cells, taste receptors), some plant cells and possibly immune cells. Astrocytes...
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    histiocytoma) Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma Giant cell tumor of soft tissues Leiomyosarcoma Malignant glomus tumor Rhabdomyosarcoma (includes the following...
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  • of cells located on the common carotid artery and the aortic arch, respectively. Each of these peripheral chemoreceptors is composed of type I glomus cells...
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    made of chromaffin cells and (2) nonchromaffin or parasympathetic paraganglia made of glomus cells. They are neuroendocrine cells, the former with primary...
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    neuroma, dermatofibroma, angiolipoma, neurilemmoma, endometrioma, glomus tumor and granular cell tumor; the mnemonic "BLEND-AN-EGG" may be helpful). Other skin...
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    temporal bone (left). Cranial bones. Sphenoid and temporal bones Glomus jugulare tumor: A glomus jugulare tumor is a tumor of the part of the temporal bone...
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    autonomic neurons. It is highly expressed in medullary thyroid cancer and small cell lung cancer and may be a useful marker for these cancers. The presence of...
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    Pyogenic granuloma Lymphangiomas Capillary (simple) Cavernous (cystic) Glomus tumor Vascular ectasias Naevus flammeus Telangiectasia - Spider, Hereditary...
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    that Glomus species contain 51 genes encoding all the tools necessary for meiosis. Based on these and related findings, it was suggested that Glomus species...
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