Figure 32

Figure 32

Vertebral Artery Location

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The vertebral artery is located in the transverse foramina of the lower cervical vertebra. The artery is immediately lateral to the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disk. The vertebral artery is at risk during surgical procedures involving a cervical discectomy or a cervical corpectomy.

Level:

Structures:

 

 

Other Structures:

Pathology:

Procedure:

View:

C3 – 4

Neural: Spinal cord and nerve roots

Dura

Vascular: Vertebral arteries

None

Normal

None

Composite (3/4), Front, Lateral, Caudal