It has been suggested that this article should be split into a new article titled dorsal scapular artery. (discuss) (June 2022)
Transverse cervical artery
Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries (transverse cervical artery is labeled, branching from the thyrocervical trunk)
Superficial and deep branches from the transverse cervical artery
The transverse cervical artery (transverse artery of neck or transversa colli artery) is an artery in the neck and a branch of the thyrocervical trunk, running at a higher level than the suprascapular artery.
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may branch off the transversecervicalartery, which is a branch of the thyrocervical trunk. The subclavian becomes the axillary artery at the lateral border...
dorsal scapular artery comes off the transversecervicalartery, the parent transversecervicalartery splits, the dorsal scapular artery passes medially...
inferior thyroid artery, suprascapular artery, and (sometimes) the transversecervicalartery. Its branches explain the alternative name for this blood vessel:...
of a foramen (hole) in each transverse process, through which the vertebral artery, vertebral veins, and inferior cervical ganglion pass. The remainder...
Transverseartery may refer to Suprascapular artery (or transverse scapular artery) TransversecervicalarteryTransverse facial artery This disambiguation...
Cervicalartery may refer to: Ascending cervicalartery Deep cervicalarteryTransversecervicalartery This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
arise from the common carotid arteries, where these bifurcate at cervical vertebrae C3 or C4. The internal carotid artery supplies the brain, including...
- around the lower half of the spinal accessory nerve and the transversecervicalartery, and includes the supraclavicular nodes. The upper boundary is...
scapular arteries: Transversecervicalartery Dorsal scapular artery (the anastomosing branch of the transversecervical) Suprascapular artery Branches...
artery and the descending branch (aka dorsal scapular artery) of the transversecervicalartery. Besides distributing branches to the sternocleidomastoid...
posterior to the carotid sheath. The artery ascends upon the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae between the anterior scalene...
foramen of each cervical vertebra. Once they have passed through the transverse foramen of C1 (also known as the atlas), the vertebral arteries travel across...
carotid arteries at the upper border of the thyroid cartilage, at around the level of the fourth cervical vertebra. The left common carotid artery can be...
artery: occasionally it is a separate branch from the subclavian artery. Passing backward, above the eighth cervical nerve and between the transverse...
subclavian vein; it receives the transversecervical and transverse scapular veins, which form a plexus in front of the artery, and occasionally a small vein...
Transverse myelitis (TM) is a rare neurological condition wherein the spinal cord is inflamed. The adjective transverse implies that the spinal inflammation...
variably elongated transverse process or complete rib that can be anteriorly fused with the T1 first rib below. On imaging, cervical ribs can be distinguished...
The transversecervical veins are veins that cross the neck. This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy...
anastomoses with the transverse scapular artery (suprascapular) and the descending branch of the transversecervical (a.k.a. dorsal scapular artery). In its course...
of cervical plexus Roots and trunks of brachial plexus Phrenic nerve (C3,4,5) B) Vessels: Subclavian artery (Third part) Transversecervicalartery Suprascapular...
intervertebral disc of the spinal column. Cervical vertebrae possess transverse foramina to allow for the vertebral arteries to pass through on their way to the...
column.[citation needed] It arises from the nuchal ligament, and the 7th cervical and 1st thoracic vertebrae and intervening supraspinous ligaments; it inserts...
fasciculi, into the posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the upper two or three cervical vertebrae. Its name is based on the Greek word...
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