Prakash P, Rao G S
Acta Anat (Basel). 1976;95(2):249-59. doi: 10.1159/000144617.
In the buffalo the carotid body is located in the periarterial connective tissue of the occipital artery immediately cranial to the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. The carotid body is lobulated and does not appear to contain chromaffin tissue. Nerve terminals have been seen in close relation to the glomus cells. A quantitative study of the fibre content of the carotid nerve and the carotid body has also been made. The myelinated fibres in the carotid nerve range from 278 to 473, with a mean of 368 +/- 39 fibres. The histogram of myelinated fibres is distinctly unimodal. Of the myelinated fibre population, 55.4% of fibres have diameters of 2 mum, 34.1% of 4 mum, 9.5% of 6 mum and 1% have diameters of 8 mum. The mean greatest sagittal sectional area of the carotid body is 0.58 +/- 0.09 mm2. The mean density (per mm2) of glomus cells is 9,216 +/- 378. It appears that the organ is highly vascular (473 +/- 56 blood vessels/mm2 area). The mean size of the glomus cells is 7.85 +/- 0.46 mum X 10.02 +/- 0.64 mum (short diameter X long diameter), whereas the mean size of their nuclei is 4.96 +/- 0.19 mum X 5.52 +/- 0.27 mum.
在水牛中，颈动脉体位于枕动脉的动脉周围结缔组织内，恰好在颈总动脉分叉处的颅侧。颈动脉体呈分叶状，似乎不含嗜铬组织。已观察到神经末梢与球细胞关系密切。还对颈动脉神经和颈动脉体的纤维含量进行了定量研究。颈动脉神经中的有髓纤维数量在278至473条之间，平均为368±39条。有髓纤维的直方图明显呈单峰分布。在有髓纤维群体中，55.4%的纤维直径为2μm，34.1%为4μm，9.5%为6μm，1%的纤维直径为8μm。颈动脉体的平均最大矢状截面积为0.58±0.09mm²。球细胞的平均密度（每平方毫米）为9216±378。该器官似乎血管丰富（每平方毫米面积有473±56条血管）。球细胞的平均大小为7.85±0.46μm×10.02±0.64μm（短径×长径），而其细胞核的平均大小为4.96±0.19μm×5.52±0.27μm。
