anterior spinal artery
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anterior spinal artery (plural anterior spinal arteries)
- (anatomy) A single unpaired artery that is formed by the anastomosis of a branch of the vertebral artery on each side and that descends in the anterior median fissure of the spinal cord.
- Coordinate term: posterior spinal artery
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- “spinal artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.