Cardiovascular system
Vertebral artery
Arteria vertebralis
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head, Neck
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Left subclavian artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
The vertebral arteries are major arteries of the neck.
Typically, the vertebral arteries originate from the subclavian arteries.
Each vessel courses superiorly along each side of the neck, merging within the skull to form the single, midline basilar artery.
As the supplying component of the vertebrobasilar vascular system, the vertebral arteries supply blood to the upper spinal cord, brainstem, cerebellum, and posterior part of brain.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Arteria vertebralis
- English
- Vertebral artery
- French
- Artère vertébrale
- Spanish
- Arteria vertebral
- Portuguese
- Artéria vertebral