Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The Cervical portion (or cervical segment) of the internal carotid begins at the bifurcation of the common carotid opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage and runs perpendicularly upward in front of the transverse processes of the upper three cervical vertebræ to the carotid canal in the petrous portion of the temporal bone.

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