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vertebral artery
anatomy
vertebral artery, in anatomy, one of two arteries that begin deep in the neck as the first branches of the subclavian arteries, run headward through openings in the side projections of the neck vertebrae, enter the skull cavity, and join to form the basilar artery (q.v.).
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