inferior thyroid artery
English
Noun
inferior thyroid artery (plural inferior thyroid arteries)
- (anatomy) One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the thyrocervical trunk and that divides to form branches supplying the inferior portion of the thyroid gland and anastomosing with the superior thyroid artery or with a corresponding branch from the opposite side.
- Coordinate terms: superior thyroid artery, thyroid ima artery
- Hyponyms: ascending cervical artery, inferior laryngeal artery
Translations
branch of the thyrocervical trunk
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See also
- suprascapular artery
- transverse cervical artery
References
- “thyroid artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary