Definition of Arteria vertebralis

1. Noun. The first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts.

Exact synonyms: Vertebral Artery
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery

Medical Definition of Arteria vertebralis

1. Paired arteries which supply the muscles of the neck, spinal cord and cerebellum. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteria Vertebralis

arteria thyroidea superior
arteria tibialis anterior
arteria tibialis posterior
arteria transversa cervicis
arteria transversa colli
arteria transversa faciei
arteria tympanica anterior
arteria tympanica inferior
arteria tympanica posterior
arteria tympanica superior
arteria ulnaris
arteria umbilicalis
arteria urethralis
arteria vertebralis (current term)
arteria vesicalis superior
arteria vitellina
arteria volaris indicis radialis
arteria zygomatico-orbitalis
arteriac
arteriae
arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores
arteriae alveolaris inferioris
arteriae arcuatae renis
arteriae atriales
arteriae caroticotympanicae arteriae carotidis internae
arteriae centrales anterolaterales
arteriae centrales anteromediales

Literary usage of Arteria vertebralis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"... which is continued backwards as the chief artery of the body, but which is also continued forwards as the " arteria vertebralis impar. ..."

2. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"... which receive the Condyles of the Skull, с, с, The two Holes whereby the arteria vertebralis proceeds from the Skull, and perforates this Vertebra, d, ..."

3. Text-book of the Embryology of Man and Mammals by Oscar Hertwig (1901)
"... to the medulla oblongata and the brain, the arteria vertebralis (v), whereas the other (») supplies the upper limb (arteria subclavia). ..."

4. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"arteria vertebralis. The vertebral artery arises next from the upper part of the subclavian artery ; and running upwards and ..."

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