Glandular branches of the superior thyroid artery

Artery: Glandular branches of the superior thyroid artery
The fascia and middle thyroid veins.
The thyroid gland and its relations.
Gray's	subject #144 552
Source	superior thyroid artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	r_02/12690232

The glandular branches of the superior thyroid artery are generally two in number;

• one, the larger, supplies principally the anterior surface; on the isthmus of the gland it anastomoses with the corresponding artery of the opposite side
• a second branch descends on the posterior surface of the gland and anastomoses with the inferior thyroid artery

See also

• Glandular branches of the inferior thyroid artery

References

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