Arteries of the neck, CT angiogram
Coloured 3D computed tomography (CT) angiogram showing the arteries (orange) of the neck and upper chestfrom the front. Just below centre is the aortic arch, where the body's main artery, the aorta, leaves the heart. The carotid arteries branch from the aortic arch and then further divide into cerebral arteries which supply the brain with oxygenated blood., by VSEVOLOD ZVIRYK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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