Thyroid ima artery
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| Artery: Thyroid ima artery | |
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| The veins of the thyroid gland. (Thyroid ima artery not labeled, but region is visible.) | |
| Latin | arteria thyroidea ima |
| Gray's | subject #142 549 |
| Source | Brachiocephalic, others |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The thyroidea ima ascends in front of the trachea to the lower part of the thyroid gland, which it supplies.
It varies greatly in size, and appears to compensate for deficiency or absence of one of the other thyroid vessels.
It occasionally arises from the aorta, the right common carotid, the subclavian or the internal mammary.
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