beta-adrenoceptor

Noun beta-adrenoceptor has 1 sense

• beta-adrenoceptor(n = noun.body) beta receptor, beta-adrenergic receptor - receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat); Array
is a part of sympathetic nervous system
is a kind of receptor