Superior laryngeal artery
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| Artery: Superior laryngeal artery | |
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| The ligaments of the larynx. Antero-lateral view. (Superior laryngeal artery visiblea tt upper right) | |
| Latin | arteria laryngea superior |
| Gray's | subject #144 552 |
| Supplies | larynx |
| Source | superior thyroid artery |
| Dorlands / Elsevier | a_61/12154819 |
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The superior laryngeal artery accompanies the internal laryngeal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve, beneath the Thyreohyoideus.
It pierces the hyothyroid membrane, and supplies the muscles, mucous membrane, and glands of the larynx, anastomosing with the branch from the opposite side.
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