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external carotid artery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  external carotid artery - the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the headexternal carotidarteria carotis, carotid artery - either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta |
external carotid artery
external carotid artery[ek′stərn·əl kə′räd·əd ′ärd·ə·rē] (anatomy) An artery which originates at the common carotid and distributes blood to the anterior part of the neck, face, scalp, side of the head, ear, and dura mater. external carotid artery
ex·ter·nal ca·rot·id ar·ter·y [TA] origin, common carotid at C-4 vertebral level; branches, superior thyroid, lingual, facial, occipital, posterior auricular, ascending pharyngeal, and terminal branches, maxillary and superficial temporal at level of neck of mandible. Synonym(s): arteria carotis externa [TA]ex·ter·nal ca·rot·id ar·te·ry (eks-tĕr'năl kă-rot'id ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, common carotid at C-4 vertebral level; branches, superior thyroid, lingual, facial, occipital, posterior auricular, ascending pharyngeal, and terminal branches, maxillary and superficial temporal at level of neck of mandible.
Synonym(s): arteria carotis externa. external carotid artery A major artery that springs from the common carotid artery in the neck and supplies blood to the front of the neck, face and scalp and the side of the head and the ear. The artery also supplies the DURA MATER.AcronymsSeeexport credit agencyexternal carotid artery
Related to external carotid artery: internal carotid artery, maxillary artery, vertebral arterySynonyms for external carotid arterynoun the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the headSynonymsRelated Words- arteria carotis
- carotid artery
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