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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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During surgery of a 56-year-old man for squamous cell carcinoma of neck, the surgeon notices profuse bleeding from deep cervical aery. Which of the following aeries must be ligated immediately to stop bleeding?
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The correct answer is  The surgeon should ligate costocervical trunk because it divides into deep cervical aery and superior intercostal aeries. Thyrocervical trunk gives off suprascapular, transverse cervical and inferior thyroid aery. Ascending cervical aery is a branch of inferior thyroid aery.