Abstract
The carotid body receives its blood supply through one, two or three glomic arteries which arise from the carotid bifurcation in 88% of cases, from the posterior aspect of the external carotid artery in 5%, from the anterior aspect of the carotid sinus in 5% and from the ascending pharyngeal artery in 2% (Smith et al. 1982; Khan et al. 1988; see Chapter 2). Exceptionally the glomic arteries may arise from the common carotid artery.
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Heath, D., Smith, P. (1992). The Glomic Vasculature. In: Diseases of the Human Carotid Body. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1874-9_16
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