Segmental medullary artery

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Artery: Segmental medullary artery
1: posterior spinal vein 2: anterior spinal vein 3: posterolateral spinal vein 4: radicular (or segmental medullary) vein 5: posterior spinal arteries 6: anterior spinal artery 7: radicular (or segmental medullary) artery
Branches	anterior spinal artery

Each segmental medullary artery is a branch of the cervical part of the vertebral artery.^[1]

The largest anterior segmental medullary artery is also known as the artery of Adamkiewicz.

They can join the anterior spinal artery.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Federative Committee on Anatomical Termi (1998). Terminologia Anatomica: International Anatomical Terminology. Thieme Stuttgart. ISBN 3-13-114361-4. 
2. ^ Huntoon MA (2005). "Anatomy of the cervical intervertebral foramina: vulnerable arteries and ischemic neurologic injuries after transforaminal epidural injections". Pain 117 (1-2): 104–11. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2005.05.030. PMID 16055268.