carotid
31Carotid sheath — Infobox Anatomy Name = Carotid sheath Latin = vagina carotica fasciae cervicalis GraySubject = 111 GrayPage = 389 Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Carotid …
32Carotid triangle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = trigonum caroticum GraySubject = 145 GrayPage = 564 Caption = The triangles of the neck. (Anterior triangles to the left; posterior triangles to the right. Superior carotid triangle labeled at center left.) …
33carotid artery — ▪ anatomy one of several arteries that supply blood to the head and neck. Of the two common carotid arteries, which extend headward on each side of the neck, the left originates in the arch of the aorta over the heart; the right originates… …
34Carotid bruit — SignSymptom infobox Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 29151 ICD10 = ICD10|R|01|1|r|00 ICD9 = ICD9|785.9 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = A carotid bruit is a bruit or sound heard over the carotid artery… …
35Carotid canal — Infobox Bone Name = Carotid canal Latin = canalis caroticus GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 143 Caption = Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. ( Opening of carotid canal labeled at center left.) Caption2 = System = MeshName = MeshNumber =… …
36Carotid groove — Infobox Bone Name = Carotid groove Latin = sulcus caroticus ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 148 Caption = Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Carotid groove visible at left center.) Caption2 = Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoid …
37carotid artery — noun either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta • Syn: ↑arteria carotis • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel • Hyponyms: ↑common carotid artery, ↑ …
38Carotid Doppler machine — A carotid Doppler machine (the same ultrasound machine used to evaluate the fetus in pregnant women) is a device which can be used to measure blood flow velocities within the cervical carotid arteries, as well as the vertebral arteries and… …
39Carotid siphon — The carotid siphon is the tortuous segment of the internal carotid artery that extends from the carotid canal to the point at which the internal carotid artery bifurcates into the anterior cerebral artery and the middle cerebral artery …
40carotid sinus — noun : the slight enlargement of the common carotid artery at the point where it divides into external and internal carotid arteries, being richly supplied with sensory nerve endings and playing a major part in the mechanism regulating heart rate …
