Glomus

Quick meaning: Glomus is a noun meaning A fold of the mesothelium arising near the base of the mesentery in the pronephron, and containing a ball of blood vessels.

Meaning

A fold of the mesothelium arising near the base of the mesentery in the pronephron, and containing a ball of blood vessels.

More Meanings

1. A highly organized vessel that connects an artery and a vein (bypassing capillaries) in an extremity such as a finger, toe, or ear or in another organ that is not part of the body's core. The glomus regulates the flow of blood, controlling temperature in order to conserve heat in the organ and, indirectly, controls the blood pressure and other functions of the circulatory system.

Example Sentences

The up-regulation of this enzyme in glomus cells of the carotid body in the neck enables the hypoxic animal to achieve a sustained increase in ventilation.

Word Forms

• glomera

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glomectomy, mesogaster, mesoarium, mesocyst, mesohepar, mesogastrium.

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