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carotid artery segment

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One of: the common carotid artery, or its branches, the external and internal carotid arteries. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotid_artery https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3486870&group_id=76834&atid=994764 ]

Term info

Label

carotid artery segment

Synonyms
  • carotid
  • carotid artery
  • subdivision of common carotid artery
database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, grouping_class

editor note

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

external definition

Artery originating at the junction of the first two aortic arches and supplying the anterior brain. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]

has related synonym

common carotid arterial subdivision

id

UBERON:0005396