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A variable origin of the vertebral artery
E Kubikova1, M Osvaldova, P Mizerakova
1Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. eliska.kubikova@fmed.uniba.sk
Abstract:
This study presents and describes the variation of the vertebral artery arising from the aortic arch as a case report. This variation was found in one of the cadavers at the Institute of Anatomy of Medical Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava. Anomalous arising was discovered during the student's dissection of thorax and abdomen. Non standard arising of the vertebral artery is compared to the standard arising in the anatomical literature and atlases. The variable arising was confronted to the possible variations of the vertebral artery reported in literature (Fig. 4, Ref. 9). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.
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