See Also: chromaffin body(medicine)
chromaffin(dictionary)
chromaffin(medicine)
chromaffin reaction(medicine)
chromaffin cells(medicine)
chromaffin system(medicine)
chromaffin granules(medicine)
chromaffin tissue(medicine)
chromaffin tumour(medicine)
paraganglia, chromaffin(medicine)

Axelrod (health) and chromaffin body (medicine)


Axelrod (health)


See: Axelrod, Julius.





chromaffin body (medicine)


chromaffin body -->
paraganglion


A small, roundish body containing chromaffin cells; a number of such bodies may be found retroperitoneally near the aorta and in organs such as the kidney, liver, heart, and gonads.

Synonym: chromaffin body.