Branches
The transverse cervical artery splits into two branches, a superficial one and a deep one:
- Superficial branch (also known as the superficial cervical artery)
- Deep branch (also called the dorsal scapular artery). Descending branch in older literature. Most often, however, this artery branches directly from the subclavian artery.
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