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Carotid
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Meaning
Noun
●
In 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
.
Adj
●
In Anatomy:
Of or
pertaining
to the
carotid
artery.
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