subcarotid

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From sub- +‎ carotid.

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subcarotid (not comparable)

  1. Below the carotid arteries
    • 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      These include a caudodorsally extended subcarotid recess (Fig 5C ), which communicates with the pharyngotympanic sinus at the proximal terminus of the pharyngotympanic tube, and a rostrolateral communication with the junction of the recessus epitubaricum of the pharyngotympanic sinus [34 ] and its derivative, the pterygoid diverticulum.