glomus cell

Function

• specialized smooth muscle cells of the glomus body surrounding the narrow lumen of the Sucquet-Hoyer canal connects the arteriole & collecting venule
• also chemoreceptor function within parasympathetic paraganglia

More general terms

• myocyte

Additional terms

• glomangioma; glomus tumor; glomuvenous malformation
• glomus body
• Sucquet Hoyer canal