transverse cervical artery

English

Noun

transverse cervical artery (plural transverse cervical arteries)

1. (anatomy) An inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or divides into branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the scapula.

   Coordinate terms: ascending cervical artery, deep cervical artery

Translations

branch of the thyrocervical trunk or the subclavian artery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頸橫動脈／颈横动脉 (jǐnghéngdòngmài)

See also

• inferior thyroid artery
• suprascapular artery

References

• “transverse cervical artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.