Left transverse cervical artery

Looks like

A branch of the thyrocervical trunk running sideways across the lower neck.

What it does

Supplies the trapezius and the muscles between shoulder blade and spine.

Keeping it well

Its branches feed flaps for head and neck reconstruction; an alternative donor artery in neck microsurgery.

Its parts

• Left dorsal scapular artery
• Left superficial cervical artery

Related conditions

• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Takayasu arteritis
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)