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Inferior thyroid artery

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passes upward generally behind, but occasionally in front of, the inferior thyroid artery. This makes it vulnerable to injury during surgery that involves ligating the inferior thyroid artery, such as excision of the lower pole of the
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The branches of the inferior thyroid artery are the inferior laryngeal, the oesophageal, the tracheal, the ascending cervical and the pharyngeal arteries.
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The injection of dye into the inferior thyroid artery can be used as an alternate method in identification the recurrent laryngeal nerve.
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The position and relation of the esophagus in the cervical region and in the posterior mediastinum. Seen from behind.
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Yalçin B (February 2006). "Anatomic configurations of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and inferior thyroid artery".
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Yalçin B (February 2006). "Anatomic configurations of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and inferior thyroid artery".
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and its branches, including inferior thyroid artery. Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck.
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is a small branch which arises from the inferior thyroid artery as it turns medial-ward posterior to the
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at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Larynx: Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve and Inferior Laryngeal Artery"
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The ascending cervical artery gives twigs to the neck muscles and these anastomose with branches of the
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and its membranes, and to the bodies of the vertebrae. It then anastomoses with the ascending
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Knowledge (XXG) articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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it divides into two branches, which supply the postero-inferior parts of the gland, and
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The artery ascends upon the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the
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Hepgul G, Kucukyilmaz M, Koc O, Duzkoylu Y, Sari YS, Erbil Y (2013).
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are distributed on the trachea, and anastomose inferiorly with the
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at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (
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The artery supplies the muscles and mucosa of the larynx.
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are supply the inferior and posterior portions of the
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and inferior thyroid artery is highly variable. The
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The ascending branch supplies the 203:. It then turns medially behind the 195:and passes upward, in front of the 25: 218:Reaching the lower border of the 1715: 498: 469: 271:. 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Index

Tracheal branches of inferior thyroid artery

Thyrocervical trunk

parathyroid glands
Thyrocervical trunk
Vein
Inferior thyroid veins
Thyroid gland
Latin
TA98
A12.2.08.043
TA2
4591
FMA
10662
Anatomical terminology
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artery
neck
thyrocervical trunk
vertebral artery
longus colli muscle
carotid sheath
sympathetic trunk
cervical ganglion
thyroid gland
anastomose
superior thyroid artery
recurrent laryngeal nerve

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