Preferred Label : Thyrocervical trunk;
FMA definition : Trunk of branch of subclavian artery, each instance of which arises superiorly from
some subclavian artery just medial to some anterior scalene muscle and at once gives
rise to the trunks of some inferior thyroid, transverse cervical, and suprascapular
arteries, supplying some thyroid, neck, and scapular regions.;
Synonyme FMA : Trunk of thyrocervical artery;
Origin ID : 3990;
UMLS CUI : C0226263;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Continuous proximal to
Continuous proximally with
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
Regional part of
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Trunk of branch of subclavian artery, each instance of which arises superiorly from
some subclavian artery just medial to some anterior scalene muscle and at once gives
rise to the trunks of some inferior thyroid, transverse cervical, and suprascapular
arteries, supplying some thyroid, neck, and scapular regions.