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superficial cervical artery
Origin: thyrocervical trunk
Course:
-> runs with the spinal accessory nerve deep to the trapezius muscle Distinguish from superficial branch of transverse cervical artery.
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: superficial cervical artery
ORIGIN: thyrocervical trunk
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium