carotid artery

/ kə-rŏt′ĭd /

Either of the two major arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood to the head.

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Example Sentences

His left carotid artery bursts and bright red blood sprays in a fountain into the air and splashes back on the sidewalk.

But apparently a tear in the carotid artery is the leading cause in strokes among young people.

With one hand, I parried the attack; with the other, I gave him a sharp blow on the carotid artery.

A shearer had run the point of his shears into the neck of a sheep, and opened the carotid artery.

The internal carotid artery of that side was of lesser calibre and the entire skull half shortened.

He gave directions for avoiding the carotid artery and internal jugular vein in operations upon the neck.

Otherwise there would have been more blood stains found, as the jugular vein and carotid artery were both cut.

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