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VERTEBRAL ARTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vertebral artery mean?
• VERTEBRAL ARTERY (noun)
The noun VERTEBRAL ARTERY has 1 sense:
1. the first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts
Familiarity information: VERTEBRAL ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arteria vertebralis; vertebral artery
Hypernyms ("vertebral artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Context examples
An artery formed by the union of the two vertebral arteries at the posterior border of the pons then diverges at the anterior border forming the two superior and two posterior cerebral arteries.
(Basilar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
The artery formed by the union of the right and left vertebral arteries; it runs from the lower to the upper border of the pons, where it bifurcates into the two posterior cerebral arteries.
(Basilar Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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