glomus jug·u·la·re -.jəg-yə-'lar-ē n a mass of chemoreceptors in the adventitia of the dilation in the internal jugular vein where it arises from the transverse sinus in the jugular foramen
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a collection of paraganglion cells in close relation to the internal jugular vein at its origin at the base of the skull. It is a site of origin for glomus tumour (see also paraganglioma).
Medical dictionary. 2011.