cervical artery

Thân thiện

A doctor points to a diagram of the cervical artery in the neck.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An artery that supplies the muscles of the neck: The cervical artery is a blood vessel that delivers oxygenated blood to the muscles located in the neck region.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Damage to the cervical artery can lead to serious complications.
  • The surgeon carefully avoided the cervical artery during the procedure.

Advanced Usage

• In anatomical descriptions: The term is used precisely to identify one of the arteries in the neck's vascular system.
  • The ascending cervical artery is a branch of the thyrocervical trunk.

Variants and Related Words

• Cervical (adj): Pertaining to the neck or the cervix of the uterus. In this context, it relates to the neck.
  • Cervical vertebrae are the bones in the neck.
• Artery (n): Any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
  • The coronary artery supplies blood to the heart muscle.

Synonyms

• Arteria cervicalis: The formal Latin term for the cervical artery.

Related Phrases

• Cervical artery dissection: A medical condition where a tear forms in the wall of a cervical artery.
  • Cervical artery dissection is a cause of stroke in younger patients.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an artery that supplies the muscles of the neck

Từ đồng nghĩa

• areteria cervicalis