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Variations in the extracranial origin of the human vertebral artery
1Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Turkey.
Acta Anatomica
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to demonstrate a case of a cadaver in which both left and right vertebral arteries had an abnormal origin. On the left, the artery arose directly from the arch of the aorta. On the right, a double-originating vertebral artery was seen. The literature on the variations of the artery is reviewed and a detailed morphometric study of the artery was carried out because of its importance for neurosurgeons.