How to Use carotid artery in a Sentence

carotid artery

noun

• Your body’s pulse points include: The carotid artery in the neck.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• Your body’s pulse points include: The carotid artery in the neck.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
• The blade opened her carotid artery and cut her trachea in half, Jim Gund said.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2020
• The front of the neck—on the sides of the throat—is where the carotid arteries and jugular veins lie, Neira explained.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 Jan. 2024
• 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
• The body’s two carotid arteries supply blood to the brain, face and neck.
  — Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 6 Mar. 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
• 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
• 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 fatal wound was determined to be to the neck, severing the carotid artery.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2021
• The blade's tip, meanwhile, was pushing against his carotid artery, which supplies the brain with blood.
  — NBC News, 18 June 2019
• 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 officer driving the van was struck in the chin and the neck by a bullet that just missed his carotid artery, the police said.
  — Ali Watkins, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2014
• It then was attached to the middle cerebral artery, which branches off of the carotid artery.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 1 May 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
• 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 second wound was on the front side of the neck, measured 4 cm long and penetrated the carotid artery and the jugular vein.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 3 Mar. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Saunders said Mariah’s jugular vein and carotid artery had been cut in the attack.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2021
• Meanwhile, Mark's carotid artery wall did not grow thicker.
  — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
• The fall caused the straw to go through Charlie's tongue and into his throat, and puncture his right carotid artery, which provides blood and oxygen to the brain.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2022
• Carlson said Huss’ facial artery had been severed but not his carotid artery.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2023
• Doctors placed a stent in her carotid artery hoping to prevent future strokes.
  — Ann Neumann, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• The bullet charges through her neck on the right, explodes her carotid artery, and exits just under her left eye through her cheekbone.
  — Marie Claire, 11 Feb. 2016
• Field suffered a single fatal stab wound to the neck that severed his carotid artery, Atkinson said.
  — Ray Sanchez and Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 6 Dec. 2019
• The stab wounds nicked McNally’s carotid artery, lung and spine and she could not be saved, prosecutors said.
  — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
• Others include bleeding within the strap muscles of the neck or damage to the carotid artery or jugular.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2021
• There are two kinds of choke holds: a blood choke, which closes the carotid artery in the neck and cuts off blood supply to the brain; and an air choke, which closes the trachea and stops breathing.
  — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 9 June 2023

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024