Definitions from Wiktionary (carotid)
▸ noun: (anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.
▸ adjective: (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.
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▸ noun: (anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.
▸ adjective: (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.
Similar:
external carotid artery,
superior thyroid artery,
occipital artery,
carotid sinus,
facial artery,
aortic arch,
thyroid artery,
carotid triangle,
inferior thyroid artery,
lingual artery,
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internal,
common,
external,
left,
right,
bilateral,
hypersensitive,
extracranial,
distal,
asymptomatic,
cervical
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