Transverse cervical artery

Carotid arteries, the transverse cervical artery is here in English with transverse cervical called

The arteria transversa cervicis or arteria transversa colli is an artery of the neck that usually arises from the thyrocervical trunk . It can also arise independently as a direct branch from the subclavian artery .

It has two branches:

• Ramus superficialis (also called arteria cervicalis superficialis )
• Ramus profundus (also called arteria dorsalis scapulae )

The branches supply various muscles in the neck, neck and shoulder area.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} FCAT - Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology: Terminologia Anatomica. Thieme, Stuttgart et al. 1998, ISBN 3-13-114361-4 .

literature

• Gerhard Aumüller , Gabriela Aust, Andreas Doll, et al .: Anatomie (= dual series. ). 2nd, revised edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-13-136042-7 .
• Herbert Lippert : Textbook anatomy. 6th, revised edition. Urban & Fischer, Munich et al. 2003, ISBN 3-437-42361-4 .