A terminal branch of the left or right common carotid artery which supplies oxygenated blood to to the throat, neck glands, tongue, face, mouth, ear, scalp and dura mater of the meninges[MP]. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Synonyms: external carotid
Term information
- EMAPA:18611
- BTO:0004696
- MA:0001929
- Wikipedia:External_carotid_artery
- EFO:0001953
- AAO:0010218
- VHOG:0000265
- FMA:10635
- NCIT:C32551
- AAO:0010416
- EHDAA2:0000461
- MESH:D002342
- UMLS:C0007275 (ncithesaurus:External_Carotid_Artery)
- SCTID:362044002
- GAID:480
- XAO:0000345
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
not homologous to the external carotid of zebrafish (Goodrich, 1958) - http://zfish.nichd.nih.gov/zfatlas/Intro%20Page/comparative.html; check XAO
Term relations
- carotid artery segment
- develops from some pharyngeal arch artery
- develops from some common carotid artery plus branches
- branching part of some common carotid artery plus branches
- part of some common carotid artery plus branches