segmental spinal artery

segmental spinal artery
any artery that supplies, or that provides a branch supplying, one or more segments of the spinal cord, including the vertebral, ascending cervical, posterior intercostal, subcostal, iliolumbar, lumbar, and lateral sacral arteries.

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