Carotid artery

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Carotid artery

The carotid artery was a major artery of the neck, related to the body's oxygen supply. The Fourth Doctor gave Jake Abiathar Earl-Thornton a sticking plaster he instructed Jake to place adjacent to the carotid artery, enabling him to breathe on Earth, 50 million years in his future. (PROSE: Earth)