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  2. Common carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries (carotids) (English: / k ə ˈ r ɒ t ɪ d / [1] [2]) are arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood; they divide in the neck to form the external and internal carotid arteries.

  3. Internal carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the internal and external carotid arise from the common carotid artery, where it bifurcates at cervical vertebrae C3 or C4. The internal carotid artery supplies the brain, including the eyes, [2] while the external carotid nourishes other portions of the head, such as the face, scalp, skull, and meninges.

  4. Carotid artery stenosis - Wikipedia

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    The common carotid artery is the large artery whose pulse can be felt on both sides of the neck under the jaw. On the right side it starts from the brachiocephalic artery (a branch of the aorta), and on the left side the artery comes directly off the aortic arch.

  5. Carotid body - Wikipedia

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    The carotid body is a small cluster of peripheral chemoreceptor cells and supporting sustentacular cells situated at the bifurcation of each common carotid artery in its tunica externa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The carotid body detects changes in the composition of arterial blood flowing through it, mainly the partial pressure of arterial oxygen , but also ...

  6. Arterial tree - Wikipedia

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    2.2 left common carotid artery ... In anatomy, arterial tree is used ... It is a portion of the aorta commencing at the upper part of the base of the left ventricle, ...

  7. Posterior communicating artery - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the left and right posterior communicating arteries are small [1]: 471 arteries at the base of the brain that form part of the circle of Willis. Anteriorly, it unites with the internal carotid artery (ICA) (prior to the terminal bifurcation of the ICA into the anterior cerebral artery and middle cerebral artery ); posteriorly ...

  8. Foramen lacerum - Wikipedia

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    It is situated anteromedially to the carotid canal. [1]: 776 The internal carotid artery passes from the carotid canal in the base of the skull, emerging and coursing superior to foramen lacerum as it exits the carotid canal; the internal carotid artery does not travel through foramen lacerum (the segment of the internal carotid artery that travels superior to the foramen lacerum is called the ...

  9. Brachiocephalic artery - Wikipedia

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    Soon after it emerges, the brachiocephalic artery divides into the right common carotid artery and the right subclavian artery. [4] There is no brachiocephalic artery for the left side of the body. The left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery come directly off the aortic arch. Despite this, there are two brachiocephalic veins. [5]