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CAROTID ARTERY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta

Synonyms:

arteria carotis; carotid artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("carotid artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carotid artery"):

common carotid; common carotid artery (runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries)

external carotid; external carotid artery (the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head)

internal carotid artery (the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the head)

Holonyms ("carotid artery" is a part of...):

cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) was also measured for differences in the speed that blood traveled between their carotid artery in the neck and femoral artery in the groin.

(Too Much Salt? Unhealthy Blood Vessels Changes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Artery formed by the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery (CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL).

(Anterior Cerebral Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An artery, which originates in either the internal carotid artery or the middle cerebral artery, that delivers blood to the choroid plexus.

(Anterior Choroidal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck, and each one splits into two branches.

(Carotid artery, NCI Dictionary)

An artery arising from the external carotid artery between the thyroid and facial arteries that runs under the tongue and becomes the deep lingual or ranine artery.

(Lingual Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A term referring to the brain area that is supplied by both the right and the left internal carotid arteries and their arterial branches.

(Intracranial Anterior Circulation, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery that supplies the posterior pituitary gland.

(Inferior Hypophyseal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the external carotid artery.

(External Carotid Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

The cavity surrounding the internal carotid artery on either side of the optic chiasm.

(Carotid Cistern, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the common carotid artery at the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage that ascends the neck forming eight different branches.

(External Carotid Artery, NCI Thesaurus)