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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Arteries: Head, Neck, and Thorax: Deep Cervical Artery

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Arteries: Head, Neck, and Thorax

Deep Cervical Artery

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


There are several variations in this artery. It may be a branch of the supreme intercostal or internal thoracic, or it may join the vertebral above the atlas.

When smaller than usual, its area of supply may be supplemented by branches of other regional vessels.

The artery occasionally provides an accessory vertebral.

It may be a branch of the vertebral, thyrocervical trunk, inferior thyroid, suprascapular, or transverse cervical.


References

Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy, 12th ed., The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company., New York.

Bergman, R.A., Thompson, S.A., Afifi, A.K. and F.A. Saadeh. (1988) Compendium of Human Anatomic Variation: Catalog, Atlas and World Literature. Urban & Schwarzenberg. Baltimore and Munich.

Poynter, C.W.M. (1922) Congenital anomalies of the arteries and veins of the human body with bibliography. The University Studies of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln 22:1-106.

Kopsch, F. (1908) Rauber's Lehrbuch und Atlas der Anatomie des Menschen., Georg. Thieme, Leipzig.

Latarjet, A. (1948) Testut's Traite d'Anatomie Humaine, 9th ed., G. Doin & Cie., Paris.

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