Terms Related to Carotid Artery Injury

• Internal, Dissection Carotid Artery

  A hemorrhage into the wall of the carotid artery, separating the intima from the media and leading to aneurysm formation. This process may occlude the ...

• Common Carotid Artery

  The two principal arteries supplying the structures of the head and neck. They ascend in the neck, one on each side, and at the level ...

• Carotid Artery Disorder

  Diseases of the common, internal, and external carotid arteries. ATHEROSCLEROSIS and trauma are relatively frequent causes of carotid artery pathology.

• Carotid Artery

  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, ...

• Internal Carotid Artery Thrombosis

  Blood clot formation in the common, internal, or external carotid artery which may produce stenosis or occlusion of the vessel, leading to ischemia or infarction ...