English Explanatory Dictionary

superior thyroid artery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the external carotid artery or sometimes from the common carotid artery at the level of the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and that gives off branches to nearby muscles and to the thyroid gland.

Word forms

superior thyroid artery superior thyroid arteries

Related words

ascending pharyngeal artery facial artery lingual artery maxillary artery occipital artery posterior auricular artery superficial temporal artery
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