Large vessels which carry blood away from the heart to various parts of the body: The walls of the arteries are thick and muscular, enabling them to endure high pressures when blood isbeing ejected from the heart.

Most of the arteries in the body are identified by the organs or system that they supply with blood; for example, arteries that deliver blood to the kidneys are known as the renal arteries, while the artery that supplies blood to the liver is called the hepatic artery.

One of the blood vessels that branch from the forward surface of the abdominal aorta to supply the abdominal part of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder: The celiac artery supplies the front part of the intestine, the superior mesenteric artery supplies the middle intestine, and the inferior or lower mesenteric artery supplies the back section of the intestine, and altogether are termed the abdominal arteries.

A condition in which the carotid arteries become narrowed or blocked.

When the arteries become narrowed, the condition is called carotid stenosis.

Carotid artery disease takes place when sticky, fatty substances called plaque build up in the inner lining of the arteries.

A noninvasive ultrasound test for occlusive disease (closure or blockage) of the extracranial (outer skull) carotid artery.

Contralateral (opposite side) weakness and numbness, aphasia, and ipsilateral (same side) monocular blindness as a result of atherosclerosis (thickening and hardening of the walls of arteries as a result of fat deposits on their inner lining) or other lesion causing obstruction of an internal carotid artery or one of its major banches.

1. The common carotid artery or either of its branches, the external and internal carotid arteries.
2. Specifically, the common carotid artery, the principal artery on either side of the neck.

An abnormal narrowing of the carotid artery, often preceding a stroke.

Any one of the arteries found in the neck.

An operation to circumvent the narrowed or blocked arteries by grafting on additional blood vessels for the flowing of blood.

The artery of the cremasteric muscle or spermatic cord.

A primary blood vessel that is a branch of the maxillary (upper jaw bone) which supplies blood and structure to the skin of the face and to the subcutaneous tissues of the chin: Dr. Abbington told Mack that it would be necessary to arrange for additional examinations to see what was wrong with his mental artery.

Any of the three arteries on each side of the head; such as, the superficial temporal artery, the middle temporal artery, and the deep temporal artery.