Inferior thyroid
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Inferior thyroid can refer to:
- Inferior thyroid veinsInferior thyroid veinsThe inferior thyroid veins two, frequently three or four, in number, arise in the venous plexus on the thyroid gland, communicating with the middle and superior thyroid veins.They form a plexus in front of the trachea, behind the Sternothyreoidei....
- Inferior thyroid arteryInferior thyroid arteryThe inferior thyroid artery arrises from the thyrocervical trunk and passes upward, in front of the vertebral artery and Longus colli, then turns medially behind the carotid sheath and its contents, and also behind the sympathetic trunk, the middle cervical ganglion resting upon the...