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Carotid Artery, Common

"Carotid Artery, Common" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The two principal arteries supplying the structures of the head and neck. They ascend in the neck, one on each side, and at the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage, each divides into two branches, the external (CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL) and internal (CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL) carotid arteries.


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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1997 and 1999 and 2004 and 2009 and 2010 and 2011 and 2013 and 2014 and 2020 and 2021 and 2024
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