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Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging for Assessment of Spinal Cord Blood Flow in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury
Published on: May 7, 2015
[Vascular regions of the spinal cord]
M Maliszewski1, P Ladziński, R Aleksandrowicz
1Oddziału Neurochirurgii Szpitala Górniczego, Sosnowcu.
Abstract:
In a material of 50 spinal cord specimens obtained from adults the radicular-anastomotic arteries were studied. After an analysis of the situation, diameter and connections of these arteries seven vascular regions were discerned in the cord: upper cervical region C1-C3, middle cervical region C4-C5, cervical intumescence region C6-C8, upper thoracic region Th1-Th3, middle thoracic region Th4-Th7, thoracolumbar intumescence region Th8-L4, and lumbosacral region L5-Co. Arterial systems found in these regions are described.
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