Bezold, Albert von

Bezold,

Albert von, German physiologist, 1836-1868. Bezold ganglion - an aggregation of nerve cells in the interatrial septum.Bezold-Jarisch reflex - a reflex with afferent and efferent pathways in the vagus, originating in unidentified chemoreceptors in the heart and resulting in sinus bradycardia, hypotension, and probable peripheral vasodilation.