VERTEBRAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vertebral artery mean? 

• VERTEBRAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun VERTEBRAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. the first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts

  Familiarity information: VERTEBRAL ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERTEBRAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria vertebralis; vertebral artery

Hypernyms ("vertebral artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

 Context examples 

An artery formed by the union of the two vertebral arteries at the posterior border of the pons then diverges at the anterior border forming the two superior and two posterior cerebral arteries.

(Basilar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The artery formed by the union of the right and left vertebral arteries; it runs from the lower to the upper border of the pons, where it bifurcates into the two posterior cerebral arteries.

(Basilar Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)