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Meaning of superior thyroid artery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the external carotid artery or sometimes from the common carotid artery at the level of the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and that gives off branches to nearby muscles and to the thyroid gland.

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

superior vena cava superiorate superioress Superiorities superiority superiority complex

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