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Sternocleidomastoid Artery

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Abstract

This artery may arise directly from the external carotid (Livini, 42%; Poynter, 37%). When absent, this artery may be replaced by branches from the occipital, parotid, posterior auricular, lingual, or suprascapular.

This artery may arise directly from the external carotid (Livini, 42%; Poynter, 37%).

When absent, this artery may be replaced by branches from the occipital, parotid, posterior auricular, lingual, or suprascapular.

Riferimenti dell’opera originale

Elenco riportato come compare nella fonte, senza normalizzazione dei formati bibliografici.

  • Bergman, R.A., Thompson, S.A., Afifi, A.K. and F.A. Saadeh. (1988) Compendium of Human Anatomic Variation: Catalog, Atlas and World Literature. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore and Munich.
  • Poynter, C.W.M. (1922) Congenital Anomalies of the Arteries and Veins of the Human Body with Bibliography. The University Studies of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln 22:1-106.
  • Schaefer, E.A., Symington, J. and T.H. Bryce., Eds. (1915) Quains' Anatomy, 11th ed. Longmans, Green, and Co., London.

Anatomical classification

Systems:
Cardiovascular system

Content provenance

Translation

Italian translation of «Sternocleidomastoid Artery — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/Cardiovascular/Text/Arteries/Sternocleidomastoid.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Translation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Traduzione italiana del testo originale inglese, che resta consultabile nella versione inglese di questa pagina. Il contenuto è stato riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti) senza modificarne le affermazioni. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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