Noun: common carotid 'kó-mun ku'ró-tid
- Runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries
"The vascular surgeon performed an endarterectomy on the patient's common carotid artery";
- common carotid artery
Derived forms: common carotids
Type of: arteria carotis, carotid, carotid artery
Encyclopedia: Common carotid