Cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery

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Artery: Cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery
The thyroid gland and its relations.
Latin ramus cricothyroideus arteriae thyroideae superioris
Gray's subject #144 552
Source superior thyroid artery   
Dorlands
/ Elsevier    		 r_02/12689702

The cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery is small and runs transversely across the cricothyroid membrane, communicating with the artery of the opposite side.

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List of arteries of head and neck
CC/EC
cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
CC/IC
orbital group: posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) - lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - medial palpebral - terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)
ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)
SC
meningeal - spinal (posterior, anterior) - cerebellar (PICA)
basilar: pontine - labyrinthine - cerebellar (AICA, SCA) - cerebral (PCA)