Definition of Internal carotid artery

1. Noun. The branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the head.

Generic synonyms: Arteria Carotis, Carotid Artery

Medical Definition of Internal carotid artery

1. Arises from the common carotid opposite upper border of thyroid cartilage (C-4 vertebral level) and terminates in the middle cranial fossa by dividing into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries; for descriptive purposes it is divided into four parts: cervical, petrous, cavernous, and cerebral. Synonym: arteria carotis interna. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Internal Carotid Artery

internal auditory artery
internal auditory canal
internal auditory foramen
internal auditory meatus
internal auditory vein
internal auditory veins
internal axis of eye
internal base of skull
internal bias
internal branch of accessory nerve
internal branch of superior laryngeal nerve
internal canthus
internal capsule
internal capsule syndrome
internal carotid (nervous) plexus
internal carotid artery (current term)
internal carotid nerve
internal carotid venous plexus
internal cerebral vein
internal cerebral veins
internal collateral ligament of the wrist
internal combustion
internal combustion engine
internal conflict
internal control
internal conversion electron
internal decompression
internal diameter

Literary usage of Internal carotid artery

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 internal carotid artery. The internal carotid artery supplies the anterior part of the brain, the eye, and its appendages, and sends branches to the ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The internal carotid artery is distributed be brain, to the eye with its appendages, ... In the neck, the internal carotid artery lies at first behind the ..."

3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The internal carotid artery, in this part of its course, ... The remainder of the course of the internal carotid artery has been examined already (p. 33i). ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"... of the Pharynx Due to Aneurysms of the internal carotid artery.—TEXIER (Revue hebdomadaire de ..."

5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The internal carotid artery (A. Carotis Interna) (Fig. 590). The internal carotid artery supplies the anterior part of the brain, the eye and its appendages ..."

6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"The pathological changes which have been found in different post-mortems are: traumatic aneurism of the cranial portion of the internal carotid artery, ..."

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