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internal carotid artery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  internal carotid artery - the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the headarteria carotis, carotid artery - either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta |
internal carotid artery
internal carotid artery[in′tərn·əl kə′räd·əd ′ärd·ə·rē] (anatomy) internal carotid internal carotid artery
in·ter·nal ca·rot·id ar·ter·y (ICA), [TA] arises from the common carotid opposite upper border of thyroid cartilage (C4 vertebral level) and terminates in the middle cranial fossa by dividing into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries; for descriptive purposes, it is divided into four parts: cervical, petrous, cavernous, and cerebral. Synonym(s): arteria carotis interna [TA]in·ter·nal ca·rot·id ar·te·ry (in-tĕr'năl kă-rot'id ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] It arises from the common carotid opposite upper border of thyroid cartilage (C4 vertebral level) and terminates in the middle cranial fossa by dividing into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.
Synonym(s): arteria carotis interna. internal carotid artery One of the two main divisions of the common CAROTID ARTERY. The internal carotid supplies blood to the main part of the brain (CEREBRUM) and associated structures, including the eye.AcronymsSeeICAinternal carotid artery
Related to internal carotid artery: middle cerebral artery, internal carotid artery aneurysmWords related to internal carotid arterynoun the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the headRelated Words- arteria carotis
- carotid artery
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