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Common carotid artery   /kˈɑmən kərˈɑtɪd ˈɑrtəri/   Listen
Common carotid artery

noun
1.
Runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries.  Synonym: common carotid.





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... 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. Chalk mentions partial dislocation of the lower jaw from an enlarged tongue. Lyford speaks of enlargement of the ...
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