Right thyrocervical artery

Looks like

A short trunk from the first part of the subclavian artery at the root of the neck (same as the thyrocervical trunk).

What it does

Branches to the thyroid, voice box, neck muscles and shoulder blade.

Keeping it well

A landmark in neck surgery; its branches form a bypass network around the shoulder.

Its parts

• Right thyrocervical trunk
• Right inferior thyroid artery
• Right suprascapular artery
• Right transverse 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)