rami radiculares arteriae vertebralis

rami radiculares arteriae vertebralis
[TA] radicular branches of vertebral artery: one type of spinal branch of the cervical part of the vertebral artery; the radicular branches enter the vertebral foramina and follow and supply the roots of individual spinal nerves.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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