common carotid artery
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːmən kəˈrɑːtɪd ˈɑːrteri/
- Specialized
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arteria carótida común
- A #6 French catheter was inserted in the common carotid artery and connected to a #6 French catheter that was inserted in the internal carotid artery beyond the area of surgery.
- internal and common carotid artery
Examples
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We visually inspected the common carotid artery, the bulb, and the internal carotid artery on both sides for the presence of plaque.
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Ultrasonography demonstrates the cystic nature of the mass near the common carotid artery (CCA).
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I continued to talk to the patient and, again, clamped the internal and common carotid arteries.
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The internal and common carotid arteries were clamped while talking to the patient.
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The cyst was found intraoperatively to be clearly posterior to the common carotid artery.
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The branchial tract then courses superiorly over the hypoglossal nerve and descends posteriorly to the common carotid artery.
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The EBSLN separates from the vagus nerve via the superior laryngeal nerve approximately 4 cm above the bifurcation of the common carotid artery.
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During the surgery, the doctor clamped the patient's common carotid artery to stop the bleeding.
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The ultrasound showed plaque buildup in the common carotid artery, which could affect blood flow to the brain.
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Blood samples were taken from the common carotid artery to test for cholesterol levels.
Synonyms
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One of the two main neck arteries that carry blood to the brain
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A large blood vessel in the neck that carries blood to the head and brain
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A large blood vessel on each side of the neck that carries blood to the head and neck
A large blood vessel in the neck that carries blood to the head and brain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'common' + 'carotid' + 'artery', so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it refers to a carotid artery that is the shared/main trunk. However, the precise anatomical sense (the specific vessel that bifurcates into internal and external carotids) is technical and not fully predictable from everyday senses, making the expression only partially transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Common carotid artery comes from a long-ago observation: people noticed that pressing the neck blood tube called the carotid could make someone 'faint', so the word carotid became linked to that idea. So common shows it is the main vessel and artery means a blood tube, making the name the big neck vessel that sends blood to the head and brain.