A 25-year-old male race car driver is admitted to the emergency department after a severe car crash. Radiographic studies reveal damage to the tip of the transverse process of the third cervical vertebra, with a significantly large pulsating hematoma. What artery is the most likely to have been damaged? 

A. Anterior spinal artery
B. Vertebral artery
C. Ascending cervical artery
D. Deep cervical artery 

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