Aortic body

Aortic body
The heart, thoracic aorta and other great vessels (aortic body not visible, but aortic arch labeled at center)
Details
NerveVagus nerve
Identifiers
LatinGlomus aorticum, corpora paraaortica
MeSHD001016
Anatomical terminology

The aortic bodies are one of several small clusters of peripheral chemoreceptors located along the aortic arch. They are important in measuring partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood, and blood pH.