transverse cervical artery

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transverse cervical artery (plural transverse cervical arteries)

  1. (anatomy) An inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or divides into branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the scapula.
    Coordinate terms: ascending cervical artery, deep cervical artery

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