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Definition of Carotid artery
1. Noun. Either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta.
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Specialized synonyms: Common Carotid, Common Carotid Artery, External Carotid, External Carotid Artery, Internal Carotid Artery
Group relationships: Cervix, Neck
Definition of Carotid artery
1. Noun. (anatomy) Either of a pair of arteries, each side of the neck, which branch from the aorta and supply blood to the head ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Carotid artery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Carotid Artery
Literary usage of Carotid artery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The External carotid artery. The external carotid artery (Fig. ... Externally,
in the lower part of its course, is the internal carotid artery. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The operation of tying the common carotid artery may be necessary in a wound ...
It occasionally happens that the carotid artery bifurcates below its usual ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"LIGATION OF THE COMMON carotid artery FOR HEMORRHAGE FROM THE CHEEK; ... As soon
as preparations could be made the left common carotid artery was tied just ..."
4. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"THE COMMON carotid artery. (Fig. 115, /and t/i; Fig. 119, a). The two common
carotid arteries arise from the innominate artery in the manner already ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1887)
"... the subclavian should be found in the adult as a branch of the external carotid;
but this is not the case. The common carotid artery, ..."
6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"By cutting into the upper part of this space, and slightly displacing the
Sternocleidomastoideus, the common carotid artery may be tied below the ..."