Abstract
Early in the embryogenesis, both primitive proximal ECA and ICA arise separately from the primitive third aortic arch: the ECA from its ventral and the ICA from the dorsal part. The partial involution of the aortic arch, involving its segment distal to the origin of ICA, results in the formation of a common trunk from which develops the common carotid artery (CCA). There are two common carotid arteries. The left common (LC) carotid artery arises from the aortic arch and the right common (RC) carotid artery from the brachiocephalic trunk. The common carotid arteries run cranially in the carotid space, surrounded by the three layers of the deep cervical fascia, called the carotid sheet. Approximately at the level of the hyoid bone, usually between the C4 and C6 vertebral bodies, each common carotid artery divides into the internal carotid artery (ICA) and external carotid artery (ECA).
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