Thyrocervical trunk

Thyrocervical trunk
Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries.
Details
SourceSubclavian artery
BranchesInferior thyroid artery
Suprascapular artery
Transverse cervical artery
Identifiers
Latintruncus thyrocervicalis
TA98A12.2.08.042
TA24590
FMA3990
Anatomical terminology

The thyrocervical trunks are very small arteries of the neck arising from the subclavian arteries, lateral to the vertebral arteries.[1] They divide into branches: the inferior thyroid artery, suprascapular artery, and the transverse cervical artery.

The thyrocervical trunks supply the thyroid gland and some scapular muscles.[1]

  1. ^ a b Saladin, Kenneth S. (2011). Human anatomy (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 576. ISBN 9780071222075.
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