name	superior_thyroid_artery
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 artery_of_head_and_neck 
label [med]	Arteria thyroidea superior
label [de]	obere Schilddrüsen-Arterie
comment [en]	Origin: external carotid artery; branches: infrahyoid, sternocleidomastoid, cricothyroid, superior laryngeal artery and two terminal branches
comment [de]	der 1. Ast der Arteria carotis externa; verläuft bogenförmig abwärts zu Oberrand und Vorderfläche der Schilddrüse; Äste: Ramus infrahyoideus, sternocleidomastoideus, Arteria laryngea superior, Ramus cricothyroideus; Versorgungsgebiet: Schilddrüse, Kehlkopf, Zungenbein und Zungenbeinmuskeln
label [en]	superior thyroid artery
isOriginOf	lateral_glandular_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery
supplies	thyrohyoid_muscle
supplies	thyroid_gland
isOriginOf	infrahyoid_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery
supplies	cricothyroid_muscle
isPartOf	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/system#cardiovascular_system
supplies	sternothyroid_muscle
isOriginOf	posterior_glandular_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery
supplies	inferior_constrictor_pharyngis_muscle
supplies	omohyoid_muscle
isOriginOf	superior_laryngeal_artery
supplies	thyroarytenoideus_muscle
isOriginOf	cricothyroid_artery
supplies	sternohyoideus_muscle
hasOriginIn	external_carotid_artery_right_and_left
isOriginOf	anterior_glandular_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery
isOriginOf	sternocleidomastoid_branch_of_superior_thyroid_branch