Anatomy
spinal artery
spi·nal ar·ter·y
Definitions related to spinal artery:
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(artery, spinal) One of the arteries of the spine; in general it arises from the vertebral artery and supplies blood to the spinal cord.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A branch of the intercostal artery that supplies oxygenated blood to the spinal cord and the pia mater.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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