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Familiarity with the extra- and intracranial vessel anatomy is decisive for successful treatment of carotid artery disease. The right common carotid artery originates from the bifurcation of the brachiocephalic trunk, while the left one arises directly from the aortic arch. The common carotid artery does not have any side branches. Usually at the level of the upper edge of the thyroid cartilage, it divides into the internal and external carotid arteries. The internal carotid artery supplies the anterior part of the brain, the eye and its appendages, and sends branches to the forehead and nose. Its size in the adult is equal to that of the external carotid artery, but it can be identified due to the absence of side branches in its extracranial course up to the intracranial branching point. Due to its course, the internal carotid can be divided into four parts:
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Hornung, M., Franke, J., Sievert, H. (2013). Carotid Artery Disease. In: Kumar, A., Ouriel, K. (eds) Handbook of Endovascular Interventions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5013-9_9
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