Cahill D R
Department of Anatomy, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Clin Anat. 1998;11(5):346-8. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1998)11:5<346::AID-CA10>3.0.CO;2-J.
A previously unreported anomalous thymic artery that branched from the anterior aspect of right common carotid artery approximately 1 cm above bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery was found during routine dissection. It traveled inferiorly through a plexus of inferior thyroid veins for 6 cm in front of the brachiocephalic artery and crossed the anterior surface of the trachea where it divided into two branches that supplied the right and left lobes of the thymus. The development and blood supply of the thymus and their clinical anatomy are reviewed.
在常规解剖过程中发现了一条先前未报道的异常胸腺动脉，它从右颈总动脉前侧大约在头臂干动脉分叉上方1厘米处发出。它向下穿过甲状腺下静脉丛，在头臂干动脉前方走行6厘米，然后穿过气管前表面，在那里分成两支，分别供应胸腺的右叶和左叶。本文回顾了胸腺的发育、血液供应及其临床解剖学。
