Cardiovascular system
Basilar artery
Arteria basilaris
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Vertebral artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
The basilar artery is one of the arteries that supplies the brain with oxygen-rich blood. The two vertebral arteries and the basilar artery are known as the vertebral basilar system, which supplies blood to the posterior part of the circle of Willis and joins with blood supplied to the anterior part of the circle of Willis from the internal carotid arteries.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Arteria basilaris
- English
- Basilar artery
- French
- Artère basilaire
- Spanish
- Arteria basilar
- Portuguese
- Artéria basilar