The ascending cervical artery is a small branch which arises from the inferior thyroid artery as that vessel is passing behind the carotid sheath; it runs up on the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the cervical vertebræ in the interval between the Scalenus anterior and Longus capitis. To the muscles of the neck it gives twigs whi...
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<anatomy, artery> Origin, usually a terminal branch of the thyrocervical trunk (along with interior thyroid artery); distribution, muscles of neck and spinal cord; anastomoses, branches of vertebral, occipital, ascending pharyngeal, and deep cervical. ... Synonym: arteria cervicalis ascendens, cervicalis ascendens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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origin,inferior thyroid artery or directly from thyrocervical trunk; branches, spinal branches; distribution, muscles of neck, vertebrae, vertebral canal.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. origin, usually a terminal branch of the thyrocervical trunk (along with interior thyroid artery); distribution, lateral muscles of neck and spinal cord; anastomoses, branches of vertebral, occipital, ascending pharyngeal, and deep cervical. Synonyms: arteria cervicalis ascendens, cervicalis ascendens2 ...
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