CAROTID ARTERY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does carotid artery mean? 

• CAROTID ARTERY (noun)
  The noun CAROTID ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta

  Familiarity information: CAROTID ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAROTID ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria carotis; carotid artery

Hypernyms ("carotid artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carotid artery"):

common carotid; common carotid artery (runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries)

external carotid; external carotid artery (the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head)

internal carotid artery (the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the head)

Holonyms ("carotid artery" is a part of...):

cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)

 Context examples 

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the carotid artery.

(Carotid Artery Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Carotid artery disease often does not cause symptoms, but there are tests that can tell your doctor if you have it.

(Carotid Artery Disease, NIH)

A series of autonomic nerves around the internal carotid artery.

(Internal Carotid Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the internal carotid artery.

(Internal Carotid Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the external carotid artery supplying blood to the surface of the face.

(Facial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

It most often affects the renal artery and less often the carotid artery and abdominal arteries.

(Fibromuscular Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding of damage to the carotid artery.

(Injury to Carotid Artery, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The introduction of fluids and drugs directly into the carotid artery, the main artery in the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain.

(Intracarotid infusion, NCI Dictionary)

One of the two arteries arising from the internal carotid artery and being part of the Circle of Willis.

(Anterior Cerebral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood clot (thrombus) in the lumen of the carotid artery.

(Luminal Carotid Thrombus, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)