A blood vessel that supplies the anterior portion of the spinal cord. It arises from branches of the vertebral arteries and is supplied by the anterior segmental medullary arteries, including the artery of Adamkiewicz, and courses along the anterior aspect of the spinal cord. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_spinal_artery ]
Synonyms: ventral spinal artery anterior medial spinal artery
Term information
- Wikipedia:Anterior_spinal_artery
- FMA:50531
- EMAPA:18242
- SCTID:181329004
- NCIT:C12833
- EHDAA2:0000131
- UMLS:C0149603 (ncithesaurus:Anterior_Spinal_Artery)
- EHDAA:6382
human_reference_atlas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Anterior_spinal_cord_-_very_low_mag.jpg
anterior spinal arteries
arteria spinalis anterior
ventral artery of the spinal cord
Term relations
- spinal artery
- branch of vertebral artery
- part of some systemic arterial system
- supplies some spinal cord
- develops from some common dorsal aorta
- connecting branch of some vertebral artery