Superior laryngeal artery

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Artery: Superior laryngeal artery

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

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Course

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.

External links

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List of arteries of head and neck

CC/EC

sup. thyroid	superior laryngeal - sternocleidomastoid branch - infrahyoid branch - cricothyroid branch - glandular branches
asc. pharyngeal	posterior meningeal - pharyngeal branches - inferior tympanic
lingual	suprahyoid - dorsal lingual - deep lingual - sublingual
facial	cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
occipital	sternocleidomastoid - meningeal - occipital - auricular - descending
post. auricular	stylomastoid - stapedial - auricular - occipital
sup. temporal	transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital) - anterior auricular - frontal - parietal
maxillary	1st part/mandibular: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid) 2nd part/pterygoid: to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) - buccal 3rd part/pterygopalatine: posterior superior alveolar - infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) - descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal)

CC/IC

cervical	carotid sinus
petrous	Vidian - caroticotympanic
cavernous/ ophthalmic	orbital group: posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) - lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - medial palpebral - terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal) ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)
cerebral/Willis	ACA (anterior communicating) - MCA (anterolateral central, lenticulostriate) - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal

vertebral artery	meningeal - spinal (posterior, anterior) - cerebellar (PICA) basilar: pontine - labyrinthine - cerebellar (AICA, SCA) - cerebral (PCA)
thyrocervical trunk	inferior thyroid: inferior laryngeal - tracheal - esophageal - ascending cervical - pharyngeal - glandular branches transverse cervical: superficial branch - deep branch/dorsal scapular suprascapular: acromial branch
costocervical trunk	deep cervical