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  2. Common carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    Lateral to the artery, inside the carotid sheath with the common carotid, are the internal jugular vein and vagus nerve. At the lower part of the neck, on the right side of the body, the right recurrent laryngeal nerve crosses obliquely behind the artery; the right internal jugular vein diverges from the artery. On the left side, however, the ...

  3. Internal carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    The internal carotid artery is an artery in the neck which supplies the anterior and middle cerebral circulation. [ 1 ] In human anatomy, the internal and external carotid arise from the common carotid artery , where it bifurcates at cervical vertebrae C3 or C4.

  4. Vertebral artery - Wikipedia

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    Each vessel courses superiorly along each side of the neck, merging within the skull to form the single, midline basilar artery. As the supplying component of the vertebrobasilar vascular system , the vertebral arteries supply blood to the upper spinal cord , brainstem , cerebellum , and posterior part of brain .

  5. Carotid sheath - Wikipedia

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    The carotid sheath is a condensation of the deep cervical fascia [1]: 578 enveloping multiple vital neurovascular structures of the neck, [2] including the common and internal carotid arteries, the internal jugular vein, the vagus nerve (CN X), and ansa cervicalis. [1]: 578 [2] The carotid sheath helps protects the structures contained therein. [2]

  6. List of arteries of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The triangles of the neck; The internal carotid artery; The arteries of the brain; The arteries of the upper extremity The subclavian artery; The axilla. The axillary artery; The brachial artery; The radial artery; The ulnar artery; The arteries of the trunk The descending aorta. The thoracic aorta; The abdominal aorta; The common iliac ...

  7. External carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    The external carotid artery is the major artery of the head and upper neck. It arises from the common carotid artery . It terminates by splitting into the superficial temporal and maxillary artery within the parotid gland .

  8. Category:Arteries of the head and neck - Wikipedia

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    Anterior choroidal artery; Anterior ciliary arteries; Anterior communicating artery; Anterior ethmoidal artery; Anterior inferior cerebellar artery; Anterior spinal artery; Anterior superior alveolar artery; Anterior tympanic artery; Anterolateral central arteries; Artery of Percheron; Artery of the pterygoid canal; Ascending palatine artery ...

  9. Posterior auricular artery - Wikipedia

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    In the neck, the artery issues branches to the digastric muscle, stylohyoid muscle, sternocleidomastoid muscle, and the parotid gland. [1]In the neck, the posterior auricular artery issues the stylomastoid artery which enters the stylomastoid foramen to provide arterial supply to the facial nerve (CN VII), tympanic cavity, mastoid air cells of the mastoid antrum, and the semicircular canals.