common carotid artery
Americannoun
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Following 90 min of MCAO, the filament was retracted, and the common carotid artery ligation was released to allow maximal reperfusion.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
The internal jugular vein flows parallel to the common carotid artery and is more or less its counterpart.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The brachiocephalic artery branches into the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The common carotid artery divides into internal and external carotid arteries.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Carnochan reports a case in which hypertrophy of the tongue was reduced to nearly the normal size by first tying the external carotid, and six weeks later the common carotid artery.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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