Common carotid artery

Common carotid artery
The common carotid artery arises directly from the aorta on the left and as a branch of the brachiocephalic trunk on the right.
The common carotid artery and its main branches
Details
PrecursorAortic arch 3
SourceAortic arch, brachiocephalic artery
BranchesInternal carotid artery, external carotid artery
VeinInternal jugular vein
SuppliesHead and neck
Identifiers
Latinarteria carotis communis
MeSHD017536
TA98A12.2.04.006
TA24366
FMA3939
Anatomical terminology

In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries (carotids) (English: /kəˈrɒtɪd/[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][4]

  1. ^ OED 2nd edition, 1989.
  2. ^ Entry "carotid" in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
  3. ^ Ashrafian H (March 2007). "Anatomically specific clinical examination of the carotid arterial tree". Anatomical Science International. 82 (1): 16–23. doi:10.1111/j.1447-073X.2006.00152.x. PMID 17370446. S2CID 12109379.
  4. ^ Manbachi A, Hoi Y, Wasserman BA, Lakatta EG, Steinman DA (December 2011). "On the shape of the common carotid artery with implications for blood velocity profiles". Physiological Measurement. 32 (12): 1885–97. doi:10.1088/0967-3334/32/12/001. PMC 3494738. PMID 22031538.