carotid artery
noun
variants
or carotid
: 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
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Sensors are placed on the carotid artery in the neck and the femoral artery near the groin to measure how fast the pulse travels between these two points.
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Paul McClure 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
Trump walked from the dais triumphantly punching the air; Lee was air-lifted to a hospital and spent days in intensive care following a two-hour surgery to repair a sliced jugular vein, with the wound a whisker from severing his carotid artery.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
But the bullet keeps traveling and nicks Mel’s carotid artery.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 May 2025
But recently, a group of Italian researchers followed 257 people who had plaque in their carotid arteries.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
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Paul McClure 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
Trump walked from the dais triumphantly punching the air; Lee was air-lifted to a hospital and spent days in intensive care following a two-hour surgery to repair a sliced jugular vein, with the wound a whisker from severing his carotid artery.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
But the bullet keeps traveling and nicks Mel’s carotid artery.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 May 2025
But recently, a group of Italian researchers followed 257 people who had plaque in their carotid arteries.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Carotid artery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carotid%20artery. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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