Preferred Label : pressoreceptors;
MeSH definition : Receptors in the vascular system, particularly the aorta and carotid sinus, which
are sensitive to stretch of the vessel walls.;
MeSH synonym : baroreceptor; vascular stretch receptor; receptors, stretch, arterial; stretch receptors, arterial; arterial stretch receptors; receptor, arterial stretch; receptors, arterial stretch; stretch receptor, arterial; pressoreceptor; stretch receptors, vascular; receptor, vascular stretch; receptors, vascular stretch; stretch receptor, vascular; vascular stretch receptors; arterial stretch receptor; receptors, stretch, vascular; baroreceptors;
MeSH annotation : mechanoreceptors of the vasomotor system; DF: PRESSORECEPT;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroreceptor;
Origin ID : D011311;
UMLS CUI : C0033093;
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Receptors in the vascular system, particularly the aorta and carotid sinus, which
are sensitive to stretch of the vessel walls.
