ARTERIA CAROTIS

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Meaning:

Either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta

Synonyms:

arteria carotis; carotid artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("arteria carotis" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteria carotis"):

common carotid; common carotid artery (runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries)

external carotid; external carotid artery (the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head)

internal carotid artery (the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the head)

Holonyms ("arteria carotis" is a part of...):

cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)