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ARTERIA CAROTIS [4 records]

Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

La majeure partie du sang irriguant la tête et le cou provient des artères carotides communes gauche et droite. Chacune d'elles se divise en deux branches : l'artère carotide externe, qui irrigue le cou, la face et l'extérieur de la tête, et l'artère carotide interne, qui irrigue le cerveau antérieur, l'œil, l'orbite et les sinus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Se origina en la arteria carótida primitiva, contraria al borde superior del cartílago tiroides, y termina en la fosa craneal media dividiéndose en las arteria cerebral media y anterior; con fines descriptivos se la divide en cuatro partes: pars cervicalis, pars cavernosa, pars petrosa y pars cerebralis.

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Record 2 2012-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

One of the two carotid arteries situated on the side of the neck, it supplies blood from the heart to the neck and face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Branche de l'artère carotide primitive qui s'étend depuis le haut du larynx jusqu'au col du condyle de la mâchoire inférieure et pénètre dans la glande parotide où elle se divise en deux branches : les artères temporale et maxillaire interne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Una de las arterias que se originan en las carótidas primitivas, dan ocho ramas fundamentales temporales y maxilares e irrigan diversas partes y tejidos de la cabeza y el cuello.

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Record 3 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

The common carotid arteries differ in length and in their mode of origin. The right begins at the bifurcation of the innominate artery behind the sternoclavicular joint and is confined to the neck. The left springs from the highest part of the arch of the aorta to the left of, and on a plane posterior to the innominate artery, and therefore consists of a thoracic and a cervical portion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Tronc artériel qui irrigue la tête et le cou; à droite, l'artère naît par bifurcation du tronc artériel brachio-céphalique, à gauche, elle se détache de la crosse de l'aorte.

OBS

Ancienne dénomination : artère carotide primitive (arteria carotis primitiva)

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

Main artery running along the horse’s windpipe at the underside of the neck ...

OBS

... it furnishes [the] blood supply to the head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

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