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sternocleidomastoid branches of occipital artery (sternomastoid artery)
Origin: occipital artery
Distribution: sternocleidomastoid muscle
Course: often hooks around hypoglossal nerve
Notes:
- it is the sternomastoid artery, when it arises as an independent branch of the external carotid.
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sternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: sternocleidomastoid branches of occipital artery (sternomastoid artery)
ORIGIN: occipital artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium