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Noun: common carotid artery
  1. 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

Derived forms: common carotid arteries

Type of: arteria carotis, carotid, carotid artery

Encyclopedia: Common carotid artery