cervical artery
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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an artery that supplies the muscles of the neck
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