Definition for Chemoreceptor
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A specialized cell located in the vertebrate aorta, carotid arteries, and brainstem that detects the circulating levels of hydrogen ions and the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen, and relays that information through nerves or interneurons to the respiratory centres.