English Dictionary

chemoreceptor trigger zone

名詞

不可算名詞

(physiology, neuroscience) An area of the medulla oblongata, located in the area postrema, that receives inputs from blood-borne drugs or hormones, and communicates with other structures in the vomiting center to initiate vomiting.

日本語の意味

延髄の後部に位置するarea postremaに存在する領域で、血中に存在する薬物やホルモンからの信号を受け取り、嘔吐中枢と連携して嘔吐を引き起こす役割を担う神経学的構造。

During chemotherapy, the chemoreceptor trigger zone detected emetogenic agents in the blood and stimulated the vomiting center.

化学療法中、血流中の薬物やホルモンを感知して嘔吐を誘発する延髄の化学受容器領域が嘔吐原性物質を検出し、嘔吐中枢を刺激した。

意味（1）

(physiology, neuroscience) An area of the medulla oblongata, located in the area postrema, that receives inputs from blood-borne drugs or hormones, and communicates with other structures in the vomiting center to initiate vomiting.