Inferior thyroid artery

Inferior thyroid artery

Infobox Artery
Name = PAGENAME
Latin = arteria thyreoidea inferior
GraySubject = 148
GrayPage = 581


Caption = Thyrocervical trunk and its branches, including inferior thyroid artery. Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck.


Caption2 = Human parathyroid glands
BranchFrom = thyrocervical trunk
BranchTo =
Vein = inferior thyroid veins
Supplies = thyroid
MeshName =
MeshNumber =
DorlandsPre = a_61
DorlandsSuf = 12156378
The inferior thyroid artery passes upward, in front of the vertebral artery and Longus colli; then turns medialward behind the carotid sheath and its contents, and also behind the sympathetic trunk, the middle cervical ganglion resting upon the vessel.

Reaching the lower border of the thyroid gland it divides into two branches, which supply the postero-inferior parts of the gland, and anastomose with the superior thyroid, and with the corresponding artery of the opposite side.

The recurrent nerve passes upward generally behind, but occasionally in front, of the artery.

Branches

The branches of the inferior thyroid are:
* Inferior laryngeal artery
* Esophageal branches of inferior thyroid artery
* Tracheal artery
* Ascending cervical artery
* Muscular artery


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