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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Origin of Ascending Cervical Artery.

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System

Origin of Ascending Cervical Artery.

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


Image of the origin of ascending cervical artery

Yazuta found the origin and frequency of the ascending cervical artery (solid black) to be as follows:

1: Inferior thyroid artery in 65.5% .
2: Thyrocervical trunk in 25.5%.
3: Transverse cervical in 4.0%.
4: Suprascapular in 2.5%.
5: Subclavian artery in 2.0%.

from Yazuta, 1927

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