internal carotid artery
E764633
The internal carotid artery is a major paired blood vessel in the neck and head that supplies oxygenated blood to the brain, eyes, and other intracranial structures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| internal carotid artery canonical | 4 |
| contralateral internal carotid artery | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8902304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: internal carotid artery Context triple: [middle cerebral artery, originatesFrom, internal carotid artery]
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A.
Central Artery
The Central Artery is a major elevated and now mostly underground highway corridor running through downtown Boston, historically notorious for congestion and central to the "Big Dig" redevelopment project.
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B.
anterior cerebral artery
The anterior cerebral artery is a major branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies blood to the medial aspects of the frontal and parietal lobes, including regions involved in personality, decision-making, and motor control of the lower limbs.
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C.
middle cerebral artery
The middle cerebral artery is a major branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies blood to large portions of the lateral cerebral cortex, including key motor, sensory, and language areas.
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D.
Superior vena cava
The superior vena cava is a large vein that returns deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right atrium of the heart.
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E.
Inferior vena cava
The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body back to the heart.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: internal carotid artery Target entity description: The internal carotid artery is a major paired blood vessel in the neck and head that supplies oxygenated blood to the brain, eyes, and other intracranial structures.
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A.
Central Artery
The Central Artery is a major elevated and now mostly underground highway corridor running through downtown Boston, historically notorious for congestion and central to the "Big Dig" redevelopment project.
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B.
anterior cerebral artery
The anterior cerebral artery is a major branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies blood to the medial aspects of the frontal and parietal lobes, including regions involved in personality, decision-making, and motor control of the lower limbs.
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C.
middle cerebral artery
The middle cerebral artery is a major branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies blood to large portions of the lateral cerebral cortex, including key motor, sensory, and language areas.
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D.
Superior vena cava
The superior vena cava is a large vein that returns deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right atrium of the heart.
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E.
Inferior vena cava
The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body back to the heart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artery
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cervical artery ⓘ intracranial artery ⓘ paired artery ⓘ |
| branchOf | common carotid artery bifurcation ⓘ |
| clinicalSignificance |
aneurysm can occur in cavernous or supraclinoid segments
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common site of atherosclerotic disease ⓘ occlusion can cause ischemic stroke ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
circle of Willis
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linked to:
anterior communicating artery
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| givesBranch |
anterior choroidal artery
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caroticotympanic arteries ⓘ inferior hypophyseal arteries ⓘ inferolateral trunk ⓘ meningohypophyseal trunk ⓘ ophthalmic artery ⓘ posterior communicating artery ⓘ superior hypophyseal arteries ⓘ |
| hasNoBranchesIn | neck ⓘ |
| hasSegment |
cavernous segment
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cervical segment ⓘ clinoid segment ⓘ communicating segment ⓘ lacerum segment ⓘ ophthalmic segment ⓘ petrous segment ⓘ |
| imagedBy |
CT angiography
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MR angiography ⓘ digital subtraction angiography ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
cranial cavity
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neck ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | common carotid artery ⓘ |
| originRegion | neck ⓘ |
| pairedWith |
contralateral internal carotid artery
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linked to:
internal carotid artery
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| partOf | carotid arterial system ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
carotid canal
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cavernous sinus ⓘ petrous part of temporal bone ⓘ |
| supplies |
brain
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diencephalon ⓘ eye ⓘ forehead ⓘ frontal lobe ⓘ nose ⓘ orbit ⓘ parietal lobe ⓘ pituitary gland ⓘ temporal lobe ⓘ |
| suppliesViaBranches |
optic nerve
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pituitary stalk ⓘ retina ⓘ |
| terminatesAs |
anterior cerebral artery
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middle cerebral artery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: internal carotid artery Description of subject: The internal carotid artery is a major paired blood vessel in the neck and head that supplies oxygenated blood to the brain, eyes, and other intracranial structures.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.