Main Entry: transverse cervical artery Function: noun : an inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or dividesinto branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the scapula
transverse cervical arteryn. An artery with origin in the thyrocervical trunk, with superficial cervical and descending scapular branches. Also called transverse artery of neck.