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common carotid artery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  common carotid artery - runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteriescommon carotidarteria carotis, carotid artery - either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta |
common carotid artery
common carotid artery[¦käm·ən kə′räd·əd ′ärd·ə·rē] (anatomy) carotid artery common carotid artery
com·mon ca·rot·id ar·ter·y [TA] origin, right from brachiocephalic, left from arch of aorta; runs superiorly in the neck and divides opposite upper border of thyroid cartilage (C-4 vertebral level) into terminal branches, external and internal carotid. Synonym(s): arteria carotis communis [TA]com·mon ca·rot·id ar·te·ry (kom'ŏn kă-rot'id ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, right from brachiocephalic, left from arch of aorta; runs upward in the neck and divides opposite upper border of thyroid cartilage (C-4 vertebral level) into terminal branches, external and internal carotid.
Synonym(s): arteria carotis communis. common carotid arteryA major artery to the head. The left common carotid usually arises from the aortic arch proximal to the left subclavian; the right common carotid is a branch of the brachiocephalic artery. Each common carotid artery runs rostrally in the carotid sheath and enters the neck (behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle) without branching; in the neck, between the level of the top of the trachea and the floor of the mouth, each common carotid artery divides into an internal and an external carotid artery. See: head (Arteries and veins of the head)aorta (Branches of aorta)heart (The heart) for illus. See also: arterySee CENTCOM Combat Analysis
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Related to common carotid artery: internal jugular vein, external carotid artery, subclavian arterySynonyms for common carotid arterynoun runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteriesSynonymsRelated Words- arteria carotis
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