One of: the common carotid artery, or its branches, the external and internal carotid arteries. [ https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3486870&group_id=76834&atid=994764 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotid_artery ]
Synonyms: carotid carotid artery subdivision of common carotid artery
Term information
- MESH:D002339
- EV:0100379
- galen:CarotidArtery
- MA:0001925
- SCTID:362040006
- NCIT:C12687
- FMA:70504
- TAO:0000097
- ZFA:0000097
- GAID:478
- VHOG:0000266
- EMAPA:18609
- EFO:0000818
- SCTID:69105007
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvg7rcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- AAO:0010217
- BTO:0000168
- UMLS:C0007272 (ncithesaurus:Carotid_Artery)
- MAT:0000501
- Wikipedia:Carotid_artery
- CALOHA:TS-0116
- EHDAA:6385
efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, grouping_class
Artery originating at the junction of the first two aortic arches and supplying the anterior brain. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]
This is a generic grouping class that is the superclass of the trunks/branches of the common carotid artery. Note that AOs vary widely in how they divide up and generalize arteries