vertebral artery
arteria vertebralis
In 4 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
- vertebral vein
Parts in this atlas
Neighbouring structures
- anterior circumflex humeral artery
- branch of basilar artery
- branch of brachial artery
- branch of radial artery
- branch of ulnar artery
- branch of vertebral artery
- internal thoracic artery
- lateral thoracic artery
- posterior circumflex humeral artery
- radial artery
- subdivision of costocervical artery
- subdivision of internal thoracic artery
Practice questions
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 4538
- TA98
- A12.2.08.002
- FMA
- 3956
- UBERON
- 0001535
- Wikidata
- Q516546