<prompt> Sternocleidomastoid is supplied by all of the following aeries, EXCEPT:OccipitalPosterior auricularThyrocervical trunkSuperior thyroid  <response>: The sternocleidomastoid muscle derives its blood supply from three separate sources: Superior-occipital aeryCentral-superior thyroid aeryInferior- thyrocervical trunkRef: Grays anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice by Henry Gray, Susan Standring, Harold Ellis, 2005, Page 536. 