A terminal branch of the left or right common carotid artery which supplies oxygenated blood to to the throat, neck glands, tongue, face, mouth, ear, scalp and dura mater of the meninges[MP]. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]

Synonyms: external carotid

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

has related synonym

arteria carotis externa

id

UBERON:0001070