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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A muscular slip which occasionally passes between the cervical fascia or carotid sheath and the sternothyroid muscle.
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The costocervical trunk (truncus costocervicalis; superior intercostal artery) (Fig. 513) arises from the upper and back part of the subclavian artery, behind the Scalenus anterior on the right side, and medial to that muscle on the left side.
VI. The Arteries. 4. The Arteries of the Upper Extremity. a. The Subclavian Artery 1918
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