Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Yazuta found the origin and frequency of the ascending cervical artery (solid black) to be as follows:
A: Inferior thyroid artery in 65.5% .
B: Thyrocervical trunk in 25.5%.
C: Transverse cervical in 4.0%.
D: Suprascapular in 2.5%.
E: Subclavian artery in 2.0%.
The following table (provided by Yazuta) is based on a study 100 bodies (200 sides).
|
Origin of Ascending Cervical Artery |
Right |
Left |
Total |
Dubrevil- Chambardel* |
|
Inferior thyroid artery |
64, 64 |
67, 67 |
131, 65.5 |
72% |
|
Thyrocervical trunk |
25, 25 |
26, 26 |
51, 25.5 |
- |
|
Transverse cervical artery |
4, 4 |
4, 4 |
8, 4 |
11% |
|
Suprascapular artery |
3, 3 |
2, 2 |
5, 2.5 |
- |
|
Subclavian artery |
3, 3 |
1, 1 |
4, 2 |
8% |
|
Absence of ascending cervical artery |
1, 1 |
-- |
1, 0.5 |
4% |
* Dubrevil-Charnbardel, L. Variations des artères du membre superieur, Masson, Paris,1926.
Redrawn from Yazuta, K. Zur Varietätenstatistik des Ursprunges und der Lage einiger Äste der A. subclavia. Anat. Anz. 63:139-143, 1927.
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