Carpentaria
GULF OF, a large gulf on the N. coast of Australia, having Cape York Peninsula, the N. extremity of Queensland, on the E., and Arn- CAROTID (kar-ot'id), the name of an artery on each side of the neck. The common carotids are two considerable artery on each side of the neck. The the cervical vertebra to the head to supply it with blood. The right common carotid is given off from the arteria innominata; the left arises from the arch of the aorta.