organ of Zuckerkandl
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First described by Emil Zuckerkandl, a professor of anatomy at the University of Vienna, in 1901.
Noun[edit]
organ of Zuckerkandl (plural organs of Zuckerkandl)
- (anatomy) A chromaffin body derived from the neural crest located at the bifurcation of the aorta or at the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery. It may be the source of a paraganglioma.