Term: carotid body: a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: race: people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: gallery: a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: gallantry: polite attentiveness to women
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: yield: an amount of a product
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: camera obscura: a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: toasting: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: francis turbine: a type of hydroelectric turbine
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: water vascular system: system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: reality: the quality possessed by something that is real
Broader: chemoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | Unrelated: thallophyta: used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens