vertebral artery

collocation in English

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vertebral
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tɪ.brəl/us
/ˈvɝːt̬ə.brəl/
relating to the vertebra ...
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artery
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑː.tər.i/us
/ˈɑːr.t̬ɚ.i/
one of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of ...
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(Definition ofvertebralandarteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Vertebralarterydissection is associated with neck and occipital pain112 and may occur more commonly than is thought in patients diagnosed with vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
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If the arterial duct remains patent, pulmonary arterial steal can occur, with flow down thevertebralarterythrough the duct into the low-resistance pulmonary circulation.
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After ligation of the right subclavian artery in the first patient, good pulsatility was noted distal to the origin of thevertebralartery.
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I will turn to thevertebralarteryin a moment.
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I was dealing with the retraction of the carotid, in which it was said that pressure in thevertebralarterymay be sustained for a longer period.
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At each cervical level, thevertebralarterysends branches to the surrounding musculature via anterior spinal arteries.
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It usually results from occlusion of thevertebralarteryin lesions of the nucleus ambiguous and pyramidal tract.
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This artery provides blood to the right upper chest, right arm, neck, and head, through a branch called rightvertebralartery.
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The anterior tubercle on the sixth cervical vertebra is called the carotid tubercle because it separates the carotid artery from thevertebralartery.
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It includes the prevertebral muscles (longus colli and longus capitis),vertebralartery, vertebral vein, scalene muscles, phrenic nerve and part of the brachial plexus.
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There have been numerous reports of associated risk factors forvertebralarterydissection; many of these reports suffer from methodological weaknesses, such as selection bias.
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Thevertebralarterylies anterior to the ganglion as it has just originated from the subclavian artery.
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This is a result of thevertebralarterybecoming occluded as it passes up in the transverse foramen.
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Sometimes there are two comminicating branches emcompassing thevertebralarteryone from anterior and the other from posterior.
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In a common anatomic variant thevertebralarterypasses through an arcuate foramen.
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It lies within the suboccipital triangle along with thevertebralartery, where the artery enters the foramen magnum.
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Thevertebralarterysupplies a number of vital structures in the posterior cranial fossa, such as the brainstem, the cerebellum and the occipital lobes.
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The following day, she underwent neurosurgery to repair a tear in avertebralartery.
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The plexus surrounds segments of thevertebralartery.
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This is an opening on each of the transverse processes which gives passage to thevertebralarteryand vein and a sympathetic nerve plexus.
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