Inferior thyroid artery

Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The inferior thyroid artery is an artery in the neck. It arises from the thyrocervical trunk and passes upward in front of the vertebral artery and longus colli muscle.

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branch from: Thyrocervical trunk
Dorlands prefix: a_61
Dorlands suffix: 12156378
Gray page: 581
Gray subject: 148
supplies: Thyroid
vein: Inferior thyroid veins

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