It's not clear whether food with plant sterols or stanols reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke, although experts assume that foods that reduce cholesterol do reduce the risk. Plant sterols or stanols don't appear to affect levels of triglycerides or of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the good cholesterol.tudies have shown that whey protein given as a supplement lowers both LDL and total cholesterol. You can find whey protein powders in health food stores and some grocery stores. Follow the package directions for how to use them.
1 The 1st and 2nd posterior intercostal arteries arise from the supreme intercostal artery, a branch of the costocervical trunk of the subclavian artery. 2  The lower nine arteries are the aortic intercostals, so called because they arise from the back of the thoracic aorta.
In the neck and head exterior to the skull, the external carotid artery provides blood flow to the skin, muscles, and organs. Several major arteries-including the facial, superficial temporal, and occipital arteries-branch off from the external carotid to provide blood to the many superficial structures of the head.Three pairs of major veins return deoxygenated blood from the tissues of the head and neck to the heart.The left and right vertebral veins descend through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae to drain blood from the spinal cord, cervical vertebrae, and muscles of the neck.n the neck and head exterior to the skull, the external carotid artery provides blood flow to the skin, muscles, and organs. Several major arteries-including the facial, superficial temporal, and occipital arteries-branch off from the external carotid to provide blood to the many superficial structures of the head.