総そう頸けい動どう脈みゃく

noun

common carotid artery

Anatomical term for the major artery in the neck that supplies blood to the head and neck.

• 総そう頸けい動どう脈みゃくは左さ右ゆうに一いっ本ぽんずつある。

  There is one common carotid artery on each side, left and right.

• 超ちょう音おん波ぱで総そう頸けい動どう脈みゃくの血けつ流りゅうを調しらべた。

  We examined the blood flow in the common carotid artery using ultrasound.