Blood supply to the human spinal cord: Part I. Anatomy and hemodynamics

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-64

  Bosmia, Anand N ^a   Hogan, Elizabeth ^a   Loukas, Marios ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; nervous system; spinal cord; vascular supply

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUDA EQUINA; CERVICAL SPINE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DORSAL ROOT; EXTRASPINAL ARTERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY ARTERY; LUMBAR ARTERY; NERVE ROOT; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; RADICULAR ARTERY; REVIEW; SPINAL ARTERY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTERY; EMBRYOLOGY; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTERIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; SPINAL CORD; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84916926090     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22281     Document Type: Review

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