common carotid artery plus branches
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001530
A bilaterally paired branched artery that originates from the aortic arches and divides into and includes as parts the internal and external carotid arteries[cjm]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carotid_artery ]
Synonyms: carotid artery system, trunk of common carotid tree, common carotid artery
Term info
- UMLS:C0162859 (ncithesaurus:Common_Carotid_Artery)
- SCTID:362041005
- VHOG:0000272
- EHDAA2:0000217
- EMAPA:17855
- Wikipedia:Common_carotid_artery
- MA:0001926
- MESH:D017536
- CALOHA:TS-0116
- EHDAA:7331
- GAID:479
- FMA:3939
- NCIT:C32352
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
in birds and reptiles, develops from arch III and parts of ventral and dorsal aortae
This class represents the adult and developing structures'
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Gray506.svg
we follow the FMA and treat the artery as a tree-structure - here we include the internal and external as parts. For the part that excludes the branches, see 'trunk of common carotid artery'
a. carotis communis
carotid artery
uberon
UBERON:0001530
Common carotid artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606