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spinal artery

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spinal artery
n.
1. An artery with origin in the vertebral artery, with distribution to the spinal cord and the pia mater, and with anastomoses to the branches of the intercostal and lumbar arteries; anterior spinal artery.
2. An artery with origin in the vertebral artery, with distribution to the medulla, spinal cord, and pia mater; and with anastomoses to the spinal branches of the intercostal arteries; posterior spinal artery.


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Fourteen were chronic, post-traumatic SCI and one classified as sensory and motor incomplete as a result of spinal artery thrombosis (Table 1).
Interestingly, the defense experts, who were well-known neurosurgeons, couldn't challenge Brownlee's conclusion as to the location of the injury, but they disagreed with Brownlee that the cause of the damage was more likely than not an air bubble that had negligently been allowed to escape from the heart and move to a particular spot in the anterior spinal artery that controlled the blood supply to the nerves that affected the injured parts of my client's body.
Sequelae of lightning injuries include neurologic and neuropsychologic disorders, seizures, brain injury, spinal artery syndrome, blindness, amnesia, anxiety attacks, and peripheral nerve damage (Cooper, 1995).
 
 
 
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