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Definition of Carotid plexus
1. Noun. A plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carotid Plexus
Literary usage of Carotid plexus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The carotid plexus is situated on the outer side of the internal carotid. ...
The carotid plexus communicates with the Gasserian ganglion, with the sixth ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"carotid plexus—The carotid plexus, situated on the outer side of the internal
carotid artery at its second bend (reckoning from below), or between the ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The outer branch, the larger of the two, distributes filaments to the internal
carotid artery, and forms the carotid plexus. The inner branch also ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"Prom the carotid plexus there arise a number of small vessels, and as one might
suppose, they are subject to considerable individual variation. ..."
5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The lateral branch, the larger of the two, distributes filaments to the internal
carotid artery, and forms the internal carotid plexus. ..."
6. A System of human anatomy, general and special by Erasmus Wilson, George Buchanan, Henry Edward Clark (1880)
"carotid plexus.—The ascending branch of the ... The carotid plexus is the centre
of communication between all the cranial ganglia, and, being derived from ..."
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