An anomalous ascending cervical artery.
During gross anatomy dissection of the neck region, an anatomical variation of the ascending cervical artery was detected. Normally this artery is a branch of the inferior thyroid artery, which is a branch of the thyrocervical trunk. In our case, we found that the ascending cervical artery emerged from the superficial cervical artery, nearly 1 cm. lateral to the origin of this artery from the thyrocervical trunk.
Oztürk
A H
AH
Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Bayramoğlu
A
A
Celik
H H
HH
Yener
N
N
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000098:blood supply*