Para-Aortic Bodies
Synonyms
Bodies, Para-Aortic
Bodies, Paraaortic
Body, Para-Aortic
Body, Paraaortic
Organ of Zuckerkandl
Organs of Zuckerkandl
Para Aortic Bodies
Para-Aortic Body
Paraaortic Bodies
Paraaortic Body
Zuckerkandl Organ
Zuckerkandl Organs
Small masses of chromaffin cells found near the SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA along the ABDOMINAL AORTA, beginning cranial to the superior mesenteric artery (MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR) or renal arteries and extending to the level of the aortic bifurcation or just beyond. They are also called the organs of Zuckerkandl and sometimes called aortic bodies (not to be confused with AORTIC BODIES in the THORAX). The para-aortic bodies are the dominant source of CATECHOLAMINES in the FETUS and normally regress after BIRTH.