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vertebral artery

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the first branch of the left and right subclavian arteries that merge to form the single midline basilar artery; branches of the vertebral arteries supply the musculature of the neck [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]

Term info

Label

vertebral artery

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
vertebral arteries [ ZFA : 0005033 ]

comment

The two vertebral arteries and the basilar artery are sometimes together called the vertebrobasilar system, which supplies blood to the posterior part of circle of Willis and anastomoses with blood supplied to the anterior part of the circle of Willis from the carotid arteries. [WP,unvetted]

depicted by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Vertebral_artery.png

has related synonym

vertebral arteries, arteria vertebralis

id

UBERON:0001535