VAGAL BODIES
\vˈaɡə͡l bˈɒdɪz], \vˈaɡəl bˈɒdɪz], \v_ˈa_ɡ_əl b_ˈɒ_d_ɪ_z]\
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Small clusters of chemoreceptive and supporting cells located near the aortic arch, the pulmonary arteries, and the coronary arteries. The aortic bodies sense pH, carbon dioxide, and oxygen concentrations in the blood and participate in the control of respiration.
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Percutaneous Atherectomy
- in which atheromatous excised cutting or rotating catheter. differs from balloon and laser angioplasty procedures enlarge vessels dilation but frequently do not remove much plaque. If the plaque is removed by surgical excision under general anesthesia rather than an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it called ENDARTERECTOMY.