Artery (blood vessel) originating from the internal carotid artery (key artery located in the front of the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain) and distributing to the eye, orbit, and adjacent facial structures.

A condition in which the carotid arteries become narrowed or blocked.

When the arteries become narrowed, the condition is called carotid stenosis.

Carotid artery disease takes place when sticky, fatty substances called plaque build up in the inner lining of the arteries.

A noninvasive ultrasound test for occlusive disease (closure or blockage) of the extracranial (outer skull) carotid artery.

Contralateral (opposite side) weakness and numbness, aphasia, and ipsilateral (same side) monocular blindness as a result of atherosclerosis (thickening and hardening of the walls of arteries as a result of fat deposits on their inner lining) or other lesion causing obstruction of an internal carotid artery or one of its major banches.

1. The common carotid artery or either of its branches, the external and internal carotid arteries.
2. Specifically, the common carotid artery, the principal artery on either side of the neck.

An abnormal narrowing of the carotid artery, often preceding a stroke.

Any one of the arteries found in the neck.

The artery of the cremasteric muscle or spermatic cord.

An artery that is a branch of the maxillary (upper jaw bone) artery which supplies blood and structure to the skin of the face and to the subcutaneous tissues of the chin: "The physician told Mack that it would be necessary to arrange for additional examinations to see what is wrong with his mental artery."

Any of the three arteries on each side of the head; such as, the superficial temporal artery, the middle temporal artery, and the deep temporal artery.

Either of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes.