Anatom3DLeft superficial cervical artery
Arteria cervicalis superficialis sinistra · Levá povrchová krční tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
The superficial branch of the transverse cervical artery, running under the trapezius.
What it does
Supplies the trapezius and neck skin.
Keeping it well
Used as a flap donor artery in neck reconstruction; rarely a problem alone.
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)