descending branch of occipital artery

de·scend·ing branch of oc·cip·i·tal ar·ter·y

[TA] origin: occipital artery within occipital groove; distribution: posterior neck muscles and cervical trapezius muscle; anastomoses: superficial and deep cervical arteries, vertebral artery. Synonym(s): ramus descendens arteriae occipitalis [TA], princeps cervicis artery, princeps cervicis