external carotid artery

Summary

external carotid artery is an artery^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of artery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• external carotid artery's image is recorded as External carotid artery.png^[3].
• external carotid artery's instance of is recorded as artery^[4].
• external carotid artery's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity^[5].
• external carotid artery's subclass of is recorded as carotid artery^[6].
• external carotid artery's subclass of is recorded as subdivision of common carotid artery^[7].
• external carotid artery's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity^[8].
• external carotid artery's Commons category is recorded as Arteria carotis externa^[9].
• external carotid artery's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D002342^[10].
• external carotid artery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025shs^[11].
• external carotid artery's MeSH tree code is recorded as A07.015.114.186.200.210^[12].
• external carotid artery's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A12.2.05.001^[13].
• external carotid artery's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)^[14].
• external carotid artery's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 10635^[15].
• external carotid artery's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/external-carotid-artery^[16].
• external carotid artery's UBERON ID is recorded as 0001070^[17].
• external carotid artery's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C32551^[18].
• external carotid artery's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0007275^[19].
• external carotid artery's anatomical branch of is recorded as common carotid artery^[20].
• external carotid artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as superior thyroid artery^[21].
• external carotid artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as lingual artery^[22].
• external carotid artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as facial artery^[23].
• external carotid artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as ascending pharyngeal artery^[24].
• external carotid artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as occipital artery^[25].
• external carotid artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as posterior auricular artery^[26].
• external carotid artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as superficial temporal artery^[27].

Why It Matters

external carotid artery ranks in the top 7% of artery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]