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
• The blade opened her carotid artery and cut her trachea in half, Jim Gund said.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2020
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• In one image of Floyd on the ground, paramedic Derek Smith's gloved fingers can be seen touching Floyd's carotid artery, checking for a pulse.
  — Chao Xiong, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• The carotid artery on the right side of her neck, the blood vessel that brings blood from the heart to the brain, had been injured, in what is called a spontaneous carotid-artery dissection (SCAD).
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
• Moffitt took a tiny piece of shrapnel through her carotid artery and died on the pavement, choking on her own blood as her husband tried to save her.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
• The man fired several shots, which struck the neck and chin of the officer in the driver’s seat, narrowly missing his carotid artery.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2020
• The bullet missed Rodriguez’s brain stem and carotid artery by 2 centimeters but shattered his jaw, the order said.
  — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
• By measuring the pulsation of the carotid artery and the jugular vein, the system calculates the wearer’s heart rate and blood pressure.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2023
• To assess the stiffness of the teens' artery walls, the researchers used a noninvasive device to measure the speed at which a pulse from the heart travels between the carotid artery in the neck and the femoral artery in the leg.
  — Fox News, 7 Sep. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024