anterior spinal artery

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anterior spinal artery,

an artery that originates within the cranial cavity and passes inferiorly along the surface of the spinal cord. It is reinforced along its length by 8 to 10 segmental medullary arteries, the largest of which is the artery of Adamkiewicz.

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