The Anthromica Library
The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.
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- Deep cervical arteryArteria cervicalis profundaA branch of the costocervical trunk that climbs the back of the neck among the deep muscles as high as the axis.
- Inferior thyroid arteryArteria thyreoidea inferior arteria thyroidea inferiorA branch of the thyrocervical trunk that loops medially behind the carotid sheath to supply the lower thyroid and the parathyroid glands.
- Left common carotid arteryCarotis communis sinistraThe second branch of the aortic arch, climbing through the superior mediastinum and up the left side of the neck to divide at C4.
- Right common carotid arteryCarotis communis dextraThe medial terminal branch of the brachiocephalic trunk, rising from behind the right sternoclavicular joint to divide beside the thyroid cartilage.
- Transverse cervical arteryArteria transversa colli arteria transversa cervicisAn offshoot of the thyrocervical trunk that crosses low through the posterior triangle to supply trapezius and the scapular muscles.