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Carotid body, a Common card
The carotid body is a small cluster of peripheral chemoreceptor cells and supporting sustentacular cells situated at the bifurcation of each common carotid artery in its tunica externa.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Ranked #2,687 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The carotid body detects changes in the composition of arterial blood flowing through it, mainly the partial pressure of arterial oxygen, but also of carbon dioxide.
- It is also sensitive to changes in blood pH, and temperature.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carotid body article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carotid body (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Henry Vandyke Carter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
