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common carotid artery plus branches
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A bilaterally paired branched artery that originates from the aortic arches and divides into and includes as parts the internal and external carotid arteries[cjm]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carotid_artery ]
Term info
Label
common carotid artery plus branches
Synonyms
- carotid artery system
- common carotid artery
- trunk of common carotid tree
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
indicates that a synonym is used in an inconsistent or confusing way, typically between species
common carotid artery
[
FMA
:
3939
]
curator notes
This class represents the adult and developing structures'
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Gray506.svg
development notes
in birds and reptiles, develops from arch III and parts of ventral and dorsal aortae
editor note
we follow the FMA and treat the artery as a tree-structure - here we include the internal and external as parts. For the part that excludes the branches, see 'trunk of common carotid artery'
has broad synonym
carotid artery
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
a. carotis communis
id
UBERON:0001530