part of part of connected to connected to develops from develops from existence starts during Homo sapiens system embryo stage arch of aorta common carotid artery plus branches http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Gray506.svg FMA:3939 trunk of common carotid tree GAID:479 NCIT:C32352 Wikipedia:Common_carotid_artery CALOHA:TS-0116 MESH:D017536 in birds and reptiles, develops from arch III and parts of ventral and dorsal aortae VHOG:0000272 EHDAA:7331 a. carotis communis common carotid artery carotid artery system MA:0001926 UMLS:C0162859 This class represents the adult and developing structures' UBERON:0001530 EHDAA2:0000217 we follow the FMA and treat the artery as a tree-structure - here we include the internal and external as parts. For the part that excludes the branches, see 'trunk of common carotid artery' A bilaterally paired branched artery that originates from the aortic arches and divides into and includes as parts the internal and external carotid arteries[cjm]. EMAPA:17855 carotid artery SCTID:362041005 pharyngeal arch artery systemic artery