Figure 1.
Vertebral Artery Anatomy. A, aorta; B, basilar artery; C, common carotid artery; SC, subclavian artery; V, vertebral artery. Segments of the path of the vertebral artery; V1, preforaminal; V2, foraminal; V3, atlantoaxial; V4, intradural.
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