Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Arteries: Head, Neck, and Thorax
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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The ascending cervical arose with the transverse cervical artery from a common stem. Right side, 3 cases (3.1%); left side, 5 cases (5.7%); total, 8 cases (4.3%); in Men, 6 cases (4.8%); in Women, 2 cases (3.1%).
The ascending cervical arose with the superficial cervical artery from a common stem. Right side, 21 cases (21.8%); Left side, 19 cases (20.8%); total 40 cases (21.3%); in Men, 19 cases (15.4%); in Women, 11 cases (17.1%).
The ascending cervical arose with the suprascapular artery from a common trunk (with other vessels); one case, in a man (0.5%).
The ascending cervical artery was absent in only one case in Röhlich's series.
Origin of Ascending Cervical Artery (from Yazuta) based on a study of 100 bodies (200 sides) follows:
|
Origin of Ascending Cervical Artery. |
Right |
Left |
Total |
Dubrevil- Chambardel |
|
Inferior Thyroid artery |
64 / 64 |
67 / 67 |
131 / 65.5 |
72% |
|
Thyrocervical trunk |
25 / 25 |
26 / 26 |
51 / 25.5 |
- |
|
Transverse Cervical artery |
4 / 4 |
4 / 4 |
8 / 4.0 |
11% |
|
Suprascapular artery |
3 / 3 |
2 / 2 |
5 / 2.5 |
- |
|
Subclavian artery |
3 / 3 |
1 / 1 |
4 / 2.0 |
8% |
|
Absence of Ascend. Cervical |
1 / 1 |
- |
1 / 0.5 |
4% |
The ascending cervical artery is sometimes larger than usual and may replace the occipital artery. A branch from the ascending cervical artery may compensate for the small size of a deep cervical artery.
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References
Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy, 12tth ed., The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
Bergman, R.A., Thompson, S.A., Afifi, A.K. and F.A. Saadeh. (1988) Compendium of Human Anatomic Variation: Catalog, Atlas and World Literature. Urban & Schwarzenberg. Baltimore and Munich.
Dubrevil-Chambardel, L. (1926) Variations des Artères du Membre Superieur. Masson, Paris.
Dubrueil, J.M. (1847) Des Anomalies Artérielles. Bailliere, Paris.
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Röhlich, K. (1940-41) Über den Truncus thyreocervicalis des Menschen. Anat. Anz. 90:129-148.
Schaefer, E.A., Symington, and T.H. Bryce., Eds. (1915) Quain's Anatomy, 11thed., Longmans, Green and Company, London.
Yazuta, K. Varietätenstatistik des Ursprunges und der Lage einiger Äste der A. subclavia. Anat. Anz. 63:139-143.
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