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Cardiovascular System > Blood Vessels > Arteries > Carotid Arteries

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Carotid Arteries  

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  • inj = CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES or specifics

Scope note

  • Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.

In other languages

  • kaulavaltimot

    Finnish

  • a. carotis
  • arteria carotis
  • carotis
  • carotisvaltimo
  • carotisvaltimot
  • karotikset
  • karotis
  • karotisvaltimo
  • karotisvaltimot
  • kaulasuonet
  • kaulasuoni
  • kaulavaltimo
  • pään valtimot
  • Halsartärer

    Swedish

  • Karotisartärer

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002339

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