Assertion: carotid artery's branch | /r/CapableOf | pierce that muscle
Facets:
value: to supply the trapezius
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The superficial portion runs beneath the Splenius, giving off branches which pierce that muscle to supply the Trapezius and anastomose with the ascending branch of the transverse cervical: the deep portion runs down between the Semispinales capitis and colli, and anastomoses with the vertebral and with the a. profunda cervicalis, a branch of the costocervical trunk.