How to Use carotid artery in a Sentence

carotid artery

noun
  • The body’s two carotid arteries supply blood to the brain, face and neck.
    — Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • One wound was four inches deep and severed her carotid artery and jugular vein.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The blade opened her carotid artery and cut her trachea in half, Jim Gund said.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Another area to check is the carotid artery on the side of the neck, just off of the center.
    — Julie Scott, Msn, Anp-Bc, Aocnp, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
  • If the blood crossing over contains clots, these can travel up the carotid artery to the brain.
    — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2015
  • One recommended carotid artery surgery for a patient who did not need it.
    — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • She was found with a large neck wound around the carotid artery and had died prior to the car crash, the complaint states.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
  • For example, the carotid artery is in the neck and the radial artery is in the wrist.
    — Vincent Iannelli, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • The blade's tip, meanwhile, was pushing against his carotid artery, which supplies the brain with blood.
    — NBC News, 18 June 2019
  • Doctors placed a stent in her carotid artery hoping to prevent future strokes.
    — Ann Neumann, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Carlson said Huss’ facial artery had been severed but not his carotid artery.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The walls of his carotid arteries had thickened and were inflamed.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • It then was attached to the middle cerebral artery, which branches off of the carotid artery.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024
  • Drilling said doctors told police the injury to the victim’s neck was near her carotid artery.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2024
  • If the shark had bitten him two inches to the right, its teeth might have severed his carotid artery, killing him.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Doctors found that the bullet missed her carotid artery and lodged behind her larynx in front of her spine.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The easiest places to find a pulse are either the brachial artery (in your wrist) or the carotid artery (in your neck).
    — Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • The typical response when placed in a choke hold is to bring your chin down and protect your neck and carotid artery.
    — Philly.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The fatal wound was determined to be to the neck, severing the carotid artery.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2021
  • In such a hold, the officers puts pressure on the carotid arteries to slow or block blood flow.
    — Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2020
  • She had been stabbed once in the neck, which severed her jugular vein and carotid artery, the Post reports.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The bunny huddled in a black metal cage, a catheter going straight into its carotid artery.
    — Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024
  • If the pain centers on the forehead, that may indicate a blockage in the carotid artery in the neck.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
  • For example, a large cluster of vagal neurons clings like a vine to the carotid artery in your neck.
    — R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Your carotid arteries are right there—and messing with them comes with some serious risks.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Saunders said Mariah’s jugular vein and carotid artery had been cut in the attack.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The tumor had spread through the thyroid gland, onto the carotid artery and into the tracheal rings.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The carotid restraint hold places pressure on the carotid artery in the neck and is meant to cause unconsciousness.
    — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The carotid artery can be felt on either side of your neck, in the depression adjacent to your windpipe.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
  • During the struggle, he was placed in a carotid chokehold, which restricts the carotid artery, cutting off blood to the brain.
    — Sabina Ghebremedhin, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2021

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