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DictionarySeearteryanterior spinal artery
an·te·ri·or spi·nal ar·ter·y [TA] origin, intracranial part of vertebral artery; distribution, anteromedial spinal cord and adjacent pia mater; anastomoses, anterior segmental medullary arteries of spinal branches of vertebral, intercostal and lumbar arteries. Synonym(s): arteria spinalis anterior [TA]an·te·ri·or spi·nal ar·te·ry (an-tēr'ē-ŏr spī'năl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, intracranial part of vertebral artery; distribution, anteromedial spinal cord and adjacent pia mater; anastomoses, spinal branches of intercostal and lumbar arteries. Synonym(s): arteria spinalis anterior. anterior spinal arteryThe left and right anterior spinal arteries are initially branches from the vertebral arteries, but as they descend to the hindbrain-spinal cord junction, they merge into a single midline artery that runs along the ventral surface of the spinal cord (in the anterior median sulcus). At each intervertebral foramen, radicular arteries join the anterior spinal artery, which supplies blood to the ventral half of the spinal cord. See also: artery |