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• The bullet passed from right to left markedly upwards and forwards, enters the right abdominal cavity where it transfixes and mutilates the right kidney, transfixes the right lobe of the liver, transfixes diaphragm, transfixes the lower lobe of the left lung, transfixes sibson fascia on the left, lacerates the left common carotid artery and emerges through wound no. 'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
• Slide 288: 278 Thyroid Gland Right lobe of thyroid gland, sternocleidomastoid muscle, 241 common carotid artery, internal jugular vein Left lobe of thyroid gland, sternocleidomastoid muscle, 242 omohyoid muscle, common carotid artery, internal jugular vein Block, Color Atlas of Ultrasound Anatomy © 2004 Thieme All rights reserved. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• Behind the angle of bifurcation of the common carotid artery is a reddish-brown oval body, known as the glomus caroticum (carotid body). VI. The Arteries. 3. The Arteries of the Head and Neck. a. The Common Carotid Artery
• The sternohyoid and omohyoid muscles were divided; the internal jugular vein was cut through, and its cut ends were collapsed and 3/4 inch apart; the common carotid artery was cut into, but not divided; the thyroid cartilage was notched, and the external and anterior jugular veins were severed. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
• The vagus nerve may run in front of the common carotid artery instead of behind it.
• This intrinsically important discovery is of all the more interest in view of Hering's discovery (1923-1924) that the area known as the carotid sinus, on the internal carotid at its junction with the common carotid artery, has an analogous function to that of the areas in the aorta from which the depressor nerves arise. Physiology or Medicine 1938 - Presentation Speech
• People who were treated with TNF-inhibiting medications, such as infliximab (Remicade) or adalimumab (Humira), had a 37 percent lower rate of thickening in their common carotid artery compared to people not on the medication. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
• Objective To compare therapeutic effects of defibrase and procaine injection via common carotid artery therapy with routinely intravenous drip, and to explore their time-response relationship.
• The left common carotid artery branches directly off the transverse aortic arch, and the right common carotid artery branches off the brachiocephalic artery, which originates at the transverse aortic arch.
• The common carotid artery sometimes follows a very tortuous course, forming one or more distinct loops in the neck.