| 1. | Glomus tumors do not arise from glomus cells, but paragangliomas do.
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| 2. | Glomus tumors do not arise from glomus cells, but paragangliomas do.
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| 3. | Glomus bodies are most numerous in the fingers and toes.
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| 4. | These glomus bodies control small arteriovenous shunts or anastomoses.
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| 5. | Nonchromaffin paragangliomas are issued from glomus cells, also known as glomus tumors.
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| 6. | Nonchromaffin paragangliomas are issued from glomus cells, also known as glomus tumors.
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| 7. | The exact incidence of glomus tumors is unknown.
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| 8. | The glomus body has high sympathetic tone and potentiation leads to near complete vasoconstriction.
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| 9. | The glomus body consists of an arteriovenous shunt surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue.
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| 10. | Glomus tumors are modified smooth muscle cells that control the thermoregulatory function of dermal glomus bodies.
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