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What is the main arterial supply of the head, neck, and brain?
What is the main arterial supply of the head, neck, and brain?
Which arteries are enclosed with the internal jugular vein and last 4 cranial nerves in the carotid sheath?
Which arteries are enclosed with the internal jugular vein and last 4 cranial nerves in the carotid sheath?
From where does the right common carotid artery arise?
From where does the right common carotid artery arise?
What are the two terminal branches of the common carotid artery?
What are the two terminal branches of the common carotid artery?
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What does the carotid sheath extend from the root of the neck till the base of the skull enclose?
What does the carotid sheath extend from the root of the neck till the base of the skull enclose?
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What is the main arterial supply of the head, neck, and brain?
What is the main arterial supply of the head, neck, and brain?
The main artery supplying blood to the head, neck, and brain.
Which arteries are enclosed with the internal jugular vein and last 4 cranial nerves in the carotid sheath?
Which arteries are enclosed with the internal jugular vein and last 4 cranial nerves in the carotid sheath?
The common carotid artery is found within a protective sheath along with the internal jugular vein and the last four cranial nerves.
From where does the right common carotid artery arise?
From where does the right common carotid artery arise?
The right common carotid artery branches directly from the brachiocephalic artery.
What are the two terminal branches of the common carotid artery?
What are the two terminal branches of the common carotid artery?
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What does the carotid sheath extend from the root of the neck till the base of the skull enclose?
What does the carotid sheath extend from the root of the neck till the base of the skull enclose?
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