superficial cervical artery

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001071

It ascends beneath the anterior margin of the trapezius, distributing branches to it, and to the neighboring muscles and lymph glands in the neck, and anastomosing with the superficial branch of the descending branch of the occipital artery. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial_part_of_transverse_cervical_artery ]

Synonyms: superficial branch of transverse cervical artery

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UMLS:C0226271 (ncithesaurus:Superficial_Cervical_Artery)
NCIT:C53005
Wikipedia:Superficial_part_of_transverse_cervical_artery
SCTID:161746006
EMAPA:37117 (MA:th)
FMA:10665
MA:0002052

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uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

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The transverse cervical artery splits into two branches, a superficial one and a deep one[WP]

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uberon

UBERON:0001071

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Superficial cervical artery

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

Term relations

Equivalent to:

cervical artery and part of some vasculature of integument

Subclass of:

cervical artery
part of some vasculature of integument
connected to some transverse cervical artery