transverse cervical arteries

A form of transverse cervical artery — An inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or divides into branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the scapula.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of transverse cervical artery
Cite this entry
APA

transverse cervical arteries. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transverse%20cervical%20arteries

MLA

“transverse cervical arteries.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transverse%20cervical%20arteries. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transverse cervical arteries,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transverse%20cervical%20arteries.

Source: transverse cervical arteries on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.