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superior thyroid artery
Origin: external carotid artery
Branches:
1) infrahyoid branch
2) superior laryngeal artery
3) sternocleidomastoid branch
4) cricothyroid branch
5) 2 terminal branches
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: superior thyroid artery
ORIGIN: external carotid artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium