INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internal carotid artery mean? 

• INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY (noun)
  The noun INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("internal carotid artery" is a kind of...):

arteria carotis; carotid artery (either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta)

 Context examples 

A term referring to the brain area that is supplied by both the right and the left internal carotid arteries and their arterial branches.

(Intracranial Anterior Circulation, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the internal carotid artery.

(Internal Carotid Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

A series of autonomic nerves around the internal carotid artery.

(Internal Carotid Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the two arteries arising from the internal carotid artery and being part of the Circle of Willis.

(Anterior Cerebral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery that supplies the posterior pituitary gland.

(Inferior Hypophyseal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Artery formed by the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery (CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL).

(Anterior Cerebral Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An artery, which originates in either the internal carotid artery or the middle cerebral artery, that delivers blood to the choroid plexus.

(Anterior Choroidal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The cavity surrounding the internal carotid artery on either side of the optic chiasm.

(Carotid Cistern, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the internal carotid artery that branches into two groups of vessels; the orbital group that supplies the orbit and surrounding parts and the ocular group that supplies the globe and muscles of the eye.

(Ophthalmic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.

(Carotid artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)