| NOUN | body | carotid artery, arteria carotis | either of two major arteries of the neck and head |
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| Meaning | Either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta. | |
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| Synonym | arteria carotis | |
| Part of | neck, cervix | The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body |
| Narrower | common carotid artery, common carotid | Runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries |
| external carotid artery, external carotid | 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 | |
| Broader | artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel | A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
| Spanish | arteria carótida, carótida | |
| Catalan | artèria caròtide, caròtide | |
| Adjectives | carotid | of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck |
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