Carotid Artery, Common [arteria carotis communis]
- Terms
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společná karotida
společná krkavice
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Common Carotid Artery
The two principal arteries supplying the structures of the head and neck. They ascend in the neck, one on each side, and at the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage, each divides into two branches, the external (CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL) and internal (CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL) carotid arteries.
- Annotation
- disease: coordinate IM with CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES (IM) injuries: coordinate IM with CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES (IM) or specifics (IM)
- DUI
- D017536 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0026594
- Previous indexing
- Carotid Arteries (1966-1992)
- History note
- 93
- Public note
- 93
Combination
- injuries
- Carotid Artery Injuries
Allowable subheadings
- AB
- abnormalities 2
- AH
- anatomy & histology 8
- CH
- chemistry
- CY
- cytology
- DG
- diagnostic imaging 3
- DE
- drug effects 4
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- GD
- growth & development
- IM
- immunology
- IR
- innervation 1
- ME
- metabolism 1
- MI
- microbiology
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 22
- PH
- physiology 5
- PP
- physiopathology 11
- RE
- radiation effects
- SU
- surgery 7
- TR
- transplantation 1
- UL
- ultrastructure 3
- VI
- virology