It ascends beneath the anterior margin of the trapezius, distributing branches to it, and to the neighboring muscles and lymph glands in the neck, and anastomosing with the superficial branch of the descending branch of the occipital artery. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial_part_of_transverse_cervical_artery ]
Synonyms: superficial branch of transverse cervical artery
Term information
- NCIT:C53005
- FMA:10665
- MA:0002052
- Wikipedia:Superficial_part_of_transverse_cervical_artery
- SCTID:161746006
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
The transverse cervical artery splits into two branches, a superficial one and a deep one[WP]