Paraaortic body
System
Endocrine
SNOMED CT
276159005
Paraaortic body
Definition
The largest chromaffin paraganglia, and the largest source of circulating catecholamines in the fetus and young infants, and gradually atrophies to microscopic loci[WP]
Also known as organ of Zuckerkandl, paraganglion of Zuckerkandl — per UBERON
The Paraaortic body is a part of the Endocrine.