Common Carotid Artery

Preferred Label : Common Carotid Artery;

NCIt related terms : carotid artery; ARTERY, CAROTID; Carotid; Carotid artery structure (body structure);

NCIt definition : One of two arteries that supply oxygenated blood to the head and neck; the left common carotid branches from the aorta and the right common carotid from the innominate (brachiocephalic artery).;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A major artery that carries blood from the heart to the head. There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck, and each one splits into two branches. The interior branch carries blood to the brain and eyes, and the exterior branch carries blood to the face, tongue, and outside parts of the head.; CDISC: An artery of the mediastinum and neck; in general it arises as a primary or secondary branch of the aortic arch and branches into the internal and external carotid arteries.; ACC/AHA: The artery of the neck that arises from the aortic arch and terminates in the external and internal carotid arteries whose pulse can be palpated just medial to the sternocleidomastoid muscle.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000396786; 69105007;

Details

Origin ID

C12687;

UMLS CUI

C0162859;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Vascular System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Carotid arteries [LOINC part]
- Carotid arteries [LOINC System]
- Carotid artery [LOINC part]
- Carotid artery [LOINC System]
- Common carotid artery [FMA entity]
- Common carotid artery structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Via carotid artery (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- carotid artery [ICHI extension code]
- carotid artery segment [UBERON concept]
- carotid artery, common [MeSH concept]
- common carotid artery [Radlex concept]
- common carotid artery [ICHI extension code]
- common carotid artery plus branches [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Carotid artery [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Carotid artery [FMA entity]
- Carotid artery structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- carotid arteries [MeSH Descriptor]
- carotid arteries [MeSH concept]
- carotid artery, nos [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Carotid artery [LOINC System]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Carotid arteries [LOINC part]
- Carotid artery [FMA entity]
- Carotid artery [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Carotid artery [LOINC part]
- Carotid artery [LOINC System]
- Carotid artery structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Carotid artery.common [LOINC part]
- Common carotid artery [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Common carotid artery [FMA entity]
- Common carotid artery structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- carotid arteries [MeSH Descriptor]
- carotid arteries [MeSH concept]
- carotid artery segment [UBERON concept]
- carotid artery, common [MeSH Descriptor]
- carotid artery, common [MeSH concept]
- carotid artery, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- common carotid artery [Radlex concept]
- common carotid artery plus branches [UBERON concept]
- common carotid artery, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Common carotid artery [ICD-11 Extension code]
- carotid artery, common [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- ACC/AHA Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology EHR Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- mCode Radiotherapy Treatment Location Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Terminology [NCIt concept]
is_location_of_anatomic_structure
- Carotid Body [NCIt concept]

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