inferior thyroid artery

English

Noun

inferior thyroid artery (plural inferior thyroid arteries)

1. (anatomy) One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the thyrocervical trunk and that divides to form branches supplying the inferior portion of the thyroid gland and anastomosing with the superior thyroid artery or with a corresponding branch from the opposite side.

   Hyponyms: ascending cervical artery, inferior laryngeal artery

   Coordinate terms: superior thyroid artery, thyroid ima artery

Translations

branch of the thyrocervical trunk

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲狀腺下動脈／甲状腺下动脉 (jiǎzhuàngxiànxiàdòngmài)

See also

• suprascapular artery
• transverse cervical artery

References

• “thyroid artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.