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princeps cervicis artery (descending branch of occipital artery)
Origin: occipital artery (within occipital groove)
Distribution:
1) posterior neck muscles
2) cervical trapezius
Anastomoses:
1) superficial cervical artery
2) deep cervical artery
3) vertebral artery
Related
occipital groove; sulcus of occipital artery
trapezius (cowl muscle)
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: princeps cervicis artery (descending branch of occipital artery)
ORIGIN: occipital artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium