Carotid tubercle
Tuberculum caroticum
- Eponym: Chassaignac's tubercle
Definition
Carotid tubercle is the anterior tubercle of C6. It's well developed and so called because of the risk of compression of common carotid artery on it.
Carotid tubercle is the anterior tubercle of C6. It's well developed and so called because of the risk of compression of common carotid artery on it.
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