Segmental medullary artery
- Segmental medullary artery
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Caption = 1: posterior spinal vein
2: anterior spinal vein
3: posterolateral spinal vein
4: radicular (or segmental medullary) vein
5: posterior spinal arteries
6: anterior spinal artery
7: radicular (or segmental medullary) artery
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Each segmental medullary artery is a branch of the cervical part of the vertebral artery.[cite book |author=Federative Committee on Anatomical Termi |title=Terminologia Anatomica: International Anatomical Terminology |publisher=Thieme Stuttgart |location= |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=3-13-114361-4 |oclc= |doi=] ]The largest anterior segmental medullary artery is also known as the artery of Adamkiewicz.
They can join the anterior spinal artery.[cite journal |author=Huntoon MA |title=Anatomy of the cervical intervertebral foramina: vulnerable arteries and ischemic neurologic injuries after transforaminal epidural injections |journal=Pain |volume=117 |issue=1-2 |pages=104–11 |year=2005 |pmid=16055268 |doi=10.1016/j.pain.2005.05.030] ]References
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