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anterior spinal artery

Identification
Official Latin term arteria spinalis anterior
Official term anterior spinal artery
Unit identifier TAH:U4065
Unit type single
Materiality material
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Link to the unit anterior spinal artery
Links of entity generic: anterior spinal artery
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Partonomic links Level 2: cerebrospinal arterial system Short Extended
Level 3: spinal arterial system
Taxonomic links Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
Level 3: artery
Level 4: spinal arterial system
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Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition The anterior spinal artery is a spinal arterial system [systema arteriosum spinale ] which is formed by the confluence of two branches issued from the left vertebral artery [] and the right vertebral artery [] and descends anteriorly to the spinal cord [medulla spinalis ].
Documentation

The situation of the arteria spinalis anterior.

This unpaired structure is particular amongst the cerebral arteries, for the reason that it is a quite rare unpaired artery, together with the arteria basilaris and the arteria communicans anterior. Indeed, the system of cerebral arteries is predominantly a double system with a few important anastomoses insuring a beneficial redundancy.

The arteria spinalis anterior is formed by the junction of two branches of the left and right vertebral arteries at the level of the cranium, then the artery descends on the anterior face of the spinal cord, having a number of anastomoses with lateral arteries. It terminates with the spinal cord at the level of L2.

An unpaired artery cannot be a branch of two distinct arteries. Therefore, the arteria spinalis anterior is considered to be part of the systema vertebrobasilare.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U3568
cardiovascular system
TAH:U10381
cerebrospinal arterial system
TAH:U8845
spinal arterial system
TAH:U4065 anterior spinal artery
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Date: 28.06.2023