Superior laryngeal artery
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The superior laryngeal artery accompanies the internal laryngeal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve, beneath the thyrohyoid muscle.
It pierces the thyrohyoid membrane, and supplies the muscles, mucous membrane, and glands of the larynx, anastomosing with the branch from the opposite side.
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origin
-: branch of the superior thyroid artery -
course
-: beneath the thyrohyoid muscle to pierce the thyrohyoid membrane -
supply
-: larynx -
termination
-:larynxlarynx
-<p>The <strong>superior laryngeal artery</strong> accompanies the internal laryngeal branch of the <a href="/articles/superior-laryngeal-nerve">superior laryngeal nerve</a>, beneath the thyrohyoid muscle.</p><p>It pierces the thyrohyoid membrane, and supplies the muscles, mucous membrane, and glands of the <a href="/articles/larynx_(textbook)">larynx</a>, anastomosing with the branch from the opposite side.</p><h5>Summary</h5><ul>- +<p>The <strong>superior laryngeal artery</strong> accompanies the internal laryngeal branch of the <a href="/articles/superior-laryngeal-nerve">superior laryngeal nerve</a>, beneath the <a title="Thyrohyoid muscle" href="/articles/thyrohyoid-muscle">thyrohyoid muscle</a>.</p><p>It pierces the thyrohyoid membrane, and supplies the <a title="Intrinsic muscles of the larynx" href="/articles/intrinsic-muscles-of-the-larynx">muscles</a>, mucous membrane, and glands of the <a title="Larynx" href="/articles/larynx">larynx</a>, anastomosing with the branch from the opposite side.</p><h5>Summary</h5><ul>
-<strong>origin -</strong> branch of the <a href="/articles/superior-thyroid-artery">superior thyroid artery</a>- +<strong>origin:</strong> branch of the <a href="/articles/superior-thyroid-artery">superior thyroid artery</a>
-<strong>course -</strong> beneath thyrohyoid to pierce the thyrohyoid membrane</li>- +<strong>course:</strong> beneath the thyrohyoid muscle to pierce the thyrohyoid membrane</li>
-<strong>supply -</strong> <a href="/articles/larynx_(textbook)">larynx</a>-</li>- +<strong>supply: </strong>larynx</li>
-<strong>termination -</strong> <a href="/articles/larynx_(textbook)">larynx</a>-</li>- +<strong>termination:</strong> larynx</li>