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The transverse cervical artery (transverse artery of neck or transversa colli artery) is an artery in the neck and a branch of the thyrocervical trunk, running at a higher level than the suprascapular artery. ==Structure== It passes transversely above the inferior belly of the omohyoid muscle to the anterior margin of the trapezius, beneath which it divides into a superficial and a deep branch. It crosses in front of the phrenic nerve and the scalene muscles, and in front of or between the divisions of the brachial plexus, and is covered by the platysma and sternocleidomastoid muscles, and crossed by the omohyoid and trapezius. The transverse cervical artery splits into two branches, a superficial one and a deep one: * Superficial branch (also known as the ''superficial cervical artery'') * Deep branch (also called the dorsal scapular artery). ''Descending branch'' in older literature. Most often, however, this artery branches directly from the subclavian artery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Transverse cervical artery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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