Plates of the arteries of the human body ... / after Frederic Tiedemann ; engraved by E. Mitchell, under the superintendency of Thomas Wharton Jones, surgeon ; the explanatory references translated from the original Latin, with additional notes, by Dr. Knox.

  • Tiedemann, Friedrich, 1781-1861.
Date:
1829
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Credit: Plates of the arteries of the human body ... / after Frederic Tiedemann ; engraved by E. Mitchell, under the superintendency of Thomas Wharton Jones, surgeon ; the explanatory references translated from the original Latin, with additional notes, by Dr. Knox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. Inferior thyroid artery, sending small branches to the trachea and thyroid gland. 4. Carotid of the left side. 5. Left subclavian. C. Thoracic part of the aorta. It is worthy of notice, that in this case the right inferior thyroid artery, a branch of the subclavian, gave no twigs to the thyroid gland; but that the scapular, the transverse cervical, and ascending cervical arteries, chiefly supplied it. Huber,1 Walter,2 3 Loder,* and He- rold,4 have also observed this abnormal origin of the inferior thyroid artery. 1 happened once to see it in the body of an adult man. It merits the attention of the surgeon in performing the operation of tracheotomy. 1 Act. Ilelvet. T. 8. p. 83. * 1. c. Tab. 3. Fig. 2. 3 Programma, in quo recensentur non nullae arteriarum Tarietates. Jenae, 1781, p. 4. 4 1. c. p. 12. Figure XII. This represents the inferior thyroid artery arising from the arch of the aorta, between the left carotid and subclavian arteries, which I found in the body of a female of forty. A. Aorta ascending to form the arch. B. Arteria innominata. 1. Right subclavian artery. 2. Right carotid artery. 3. Left carotid artery. 4. Inferior thyroid artery. 5. Left subclavian artery. C. Descending aorta. The inferior thyroid artery which came off* from the left subclavian was small, and gave no branches to the thyroid gland, but it sent off the transverse scapular and ascend- ing cervical arteries. Nicolai* has also observed this unusual origin of the inferior thyroid artery. * De Directione Vasorom, Argentorati, 1726, p. 25.