superior thyroid artery
English
Noun
superior thyroid artery (plural superior thyroid arteries)
- (anatomy) One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the external carotid artery or sometimes from the common carotid artery at the level of the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and that gives off branches to nearby muscles and to the thyroid gland.
- Coordinate terms: inferior thyroid artery, thyroid ima artery
- Hyponyms: cricothyroid artery, superior laryngeal artery
Translations
branch of the external carotid artery
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See also
- ascending pharyngeal artery
- facial artery
- lingual artery
- maxillary artery
- occipital artery
- posterior auricular artery
- superficial temporal artery
References
- “thyroid artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary