depressor fiber

n.

Any of the sensory nerve fibers having pressure-sensitive nerve endings in the walls of certain arteries and capable of activating blood pressure-lowering brainstem mechanisms when stimulated by an increase in intra-arterial pressure.

Words nearby depressor fiber

depression glass, depression, great, depressive, depressomotor, depressor, depressor fiber, depressor muscle of angle of mouth, depressor muscle of eyebrow, depressor muscle of lower lip, depressor muscle of septum, depressor nerve