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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Variations in Course and Vertebral Relations of the Vertebral Artery

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System

Variations in Course and Vertebral Relations of the Vertebral Artery

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


Image of variations in course and vertebral relations of the vertebral artery

The point of entry into cervical transverse foramina is variable; in 200 specimens the most frequent point of entry was the 6th cervical vertebra, on both sides.

Roman numbers = vertebral level.

redrawn from Anson and Bell, Swigart and Anson, 1950.

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