carotid
IPA: kɝˈɑtɪd
noun
- (anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.
adjective
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.
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Examples of "carotid" in Sentences
- Diabetes and carotid atherosclerosis.
- A synonym for the carotid sinus is the carotid bulb.
- A synonym for the carotid sinus is the 'carotid bulb'.
- History of spontaneous dissection of the cervical carotid artery.
- The carotid body contains the most vascular tissue in the human body.
- It lies superficial to the internal jugular vein in the carotid sheath.
- It is a branch of the cavernous carotid artery internal carotid artery .
- This part of the artery is known as the carotid sinus or the carotid bulb.
- Aspirin is recommended after a carotid endarterectomy or carotid artery stent.
- Carotid sinus is the sensor of how strong is the effect of gravity on the body.
- He had a what's called carotid endarterectomy where they slice out the carotid artery and scrape out the plaque.
- Experts consider this condition, called carotid intima media thickness, a precursor to heart attacks and strokes.
- Carotid ultrasound looks for atherosclerosis in the neck arteries and a blockage condition called carotid stenosis.
- The Achieve study was using imaging technology known as carotid intima-media thickness, or CIMT, a non-invasive ultrasound test.
- However, the prevention-cure equation gets a bit more complicated when considering a stroke-preventing surgery called carotid endarterectomy.
- There's also two blood vessels up here called the carotid artery, which supply blood through the brain and sometimes they can get a little blockage in them as well.
- It lies opposite the disc between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebræ, and at this level the common carotid artery may be compressed against the _carotid tubercle_ on the transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebra.
- The first of these, or carotid trunk (1), ends in an enlargement (a) termed the carotid gland, of spongy structure, which gives rise to two arteries, one the lingual (l), the other (c) the carotid which goes to the head and brain.
- It becomes as necessary, therefore, in the performance of surgical operations upon the subclavian artery, to fix the clavicle by depressing it, as in Plate 8, as it is to give fixity to the lower maxilla and larynx, in the position of Plate 7, when the carotid is the subject of operation.
- This intrinsically important discovery is of all the more interest in view of Hering's discovery (1923-1924) that the area known as the carotid sinus, on the internal carotid at its junction with the common carotid artery, has an analogous function to that of the areas in the aorta from which the depressor nerves arise.