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Common carotid

noun

Runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries. Synonym: common carotid artery.

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... since the brain thus injected is in exclusive vascular connection with the body of another dog. In our experiment the blood-pressures of both dogs were recorded on a drum when adrenalin was injected into the common carotid. The adrenalin caused a rise in blood-pressure, an increase in the force of cardiac contraction, increase in respiration, and a characteristic adrenalin rise in the blood-pressure of both dogs. The rise was seen first in the ...

— The Origin and Nature of Emotions • George W. Crile

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