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... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin > Glomus Tympanicum
... > Cells > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin > Glomus Tympanicum
... > Nervous System > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin > Glomus Tympanicum
Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Middle > Glomus Tympanicum
Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Middle > Glomus Tympanicum
Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Glomus Tympanicum
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Glomus Tympanicum

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Glomus Tympanicum  

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Definition

  • A highly vascular ovoid body of chemoreceptive tissue lying adjacent to the TYMPANIC CAVITY. It is derived from NEURAL CREST tissue and is considered part of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. It is the site of a rare neoplasm called a GLOMUS TYMPANICUM TUMOR.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PSNX01S6-F

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