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INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the head
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("internal carotid artery" is a kind of...):
arteria carotis; carotid artery (either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta)
Context examples:
The largest terminal branch of the internal carotid artery that runs along the fissure of Sylvius with branches supplying parts of the fontal, parietal and temporal lobes as well as the basal ganglia and internal capsule.
(Middle Cerebral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
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