Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
The perpendicular line that transect the inferior thyroid arteries divide in percent the vessel into ascending, descending, and terminal segments. The number either near or on a vessel indicates the instances in which esophageal rami originate from a part of a vessel or from a particular vessel.
Daseler and Anson reported the results of detailed dissection made in 62 bodies (115 body-halves) concerning the arterial supply to the cervical and upper thoracic portions of the esophagus and trachea.
redrawn from Anson, 1950
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