right vertebral artery

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

right vertebral vein

Sub-structures

• basilar artery
• right anterior spinal artery
• right posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Neighbouring structures

• right anterior circumflex humeral artery
• right costocervical artery
• right internal thoracic artery
• right lateral thoracic artery
• right posterior circumflex humeral artery
• right radial artery
• right subscapular artery
• right thoraco-acromial artery
• right thyrocervical artery
• right ulnar artery

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Identifiers

FMA

3958

Wikidata

Q66499536