Body Region: Neck

  • May 6, 2026
    The cervical interspinales are thin paired muscles between adjacent cervical spinous processes, providing segmental extension stabilisation. Better developed in the…
  • May 2, 2026
    The thyroid venous plexus is formed by multiple veins on the anterior and lateral surfaces of the thyroid gland, draining…
  • May 2, 2026
    The deep cervical artery arises from the costocervical trunk and passes posteriorly between the transverse process of C7 and the…
  • May 2, 2026
    The ascending cervical artery is a branch of the inferior thyroid artery, ascending between the anterior and middle scalene muscles…
  • May 2, 2026
    The superior thyroid vein accompanies the superior thyroid artery and drains the upper pole of the thyroid gland into the…
  • May 2, 2026
    The middle thyroid vein is a short vein draining the lateral surface of the thyroid gland directly into the internal…
  • May 2, 2026
    The inferior thyroid vein (or veins — often paired) drains the lower pole of the thyroid gland and the thyroid…
  • May 2, 2026
    The ascending pharyngeal artery is the first or second branch of the external carotid artery, ascending medially to the pharynx…
  • May 2, 2026
    The vertebral vein descends in the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae alongside the vertebral artery, draining the deep cervical…
  • May 2, 2026
    The thyroid ima artery is an unpaired, inconstant artery present in approximately 3-10% of individuals, arising from the brachiocephalic trunk,…

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