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CAROTID SHEATH

\kəɹˈɒtɪd ʃˈiːθ], \kəɹˈɒtɪd ʃˈiːθ], \k_ə_ɹ_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_d ʃ_ˈiː_θ]\

Definitions of CAROTID SHEATH

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A process of the deep cervical fascia surrounding the carotid artery, pneumogastric nerve, and internal jugular vein, the last two separated from the first by a septum.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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