left vertebral artery
In 3 atlases
Definition
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.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Relations
- Venous drainage
- left vertebral vein
Sub-structures
Neighbouring structures
- left anterior circumflex humeral artery
- left costocervical artery
- left deep brachial artery
- left inferior ulnar collateral artery
- left internal thoracic artery
- left lateral thoracic artery
- left posterior circumflex humeral artery
- left radial artery
- left subscapular artery
- left superior ulnar collateral artery
- left thoraco-acromial artery
- left thyrocervical artery
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Identifiers
- FMA
- 4066
- Wikidata
- Q66499648