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thyrocervical trunk

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thy·ro·cer·vi·cal trunk (thr-sûrv-kl)
n.
A short arterial trunk arising from the subclavian artery and dividing generally into three branches.
thyrocervical trunk
[-sur′vikəl]
Etymology: Gk, thyreos, shield, eidos, form; L, cervix, neck, truncus
one of a pair of short thick arterial branches arising from the first part of the subclavian arteries close to the medial border of the scalenus anterior and supplying numerous muscles and bones in the head, neck, and back. Each is divided into three branches: the inferior thyroid, the suprascapular, and the transverse cervical.


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8 (a and b) shows a false aneurysm of a branch of the thyrocervical trunk managed successfully with coil embolisation.
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We then realized that the large vessel was the right subclavian artery and the bleeding vessel was the thyrocervical trunk.
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5) The thoracic duct passes behind the great vessels and in front of the branches of the thyrocervical trunk and other vessels that branch off the subclavian artery.
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