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cricothyroid artery
A small branch of superior thyroid artery that supplies the cricothyroid muscle.
Origin: superior thyroid artery
Distribution: cricothyroid muscle
Related
sternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: cricothyroid artery
ORIGIN: superior thyroid artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium