What Is the Basilar Artery?

Basilar artery A major blood vessel in the brain. After the left and right vertebral arteries enter the cranial cavity through the foramen magnum, they rise along the anterior and lateral sides of the extended brain and converge at the midline of the lower edge of the pontine. Often referred to as the vertebral-basal artery system. The branches of this system in the cranial cavity are the spinal cord, brainstem (pontine, pontine, midbrain), cerebellum, and posterior part of the mesencephalon. At the end of this system, it is divided into two posterior cerebral arteries, which supply blood to the temporal lobe and part of the occipital lobe. ^[1]

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Basilar artery A major blood vessel in the brain. After the left and right vertebral arteries enter the cranial cavity through the foramen magnum, they rise along the anterior and lateral sides of the extended brain and converge at the midline of the lower edge of the pontine. Often referred to as the vertebral-basal artery system. The branches of this system in the cranial cavity are the spinal cord, brainstem (pontine, pontine, midbrain), cerebellum, and posterior part of the mesencephalon. At the end of this system, it is divided into two posterior cerebral arteries, which supply blood to the temporal lobe and part of the occipital lobe. ^[1]

Chinese name

Basilar artery

Foreign name

basilarartery

Pinyin

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Category

artery

Introduction

[Basilarartery] An unpaired artery formed by the merger of two vertebral arteries. It walks under the pontine in the skull and is divided into two posterior cerebral arteries, supplying the pontine, cerebellum and posterior part of the brain, and the inner ear.

The basilar artery refers to the flow of blood in the brain by four arteries, namely two internal carotid arteries and two vertebral arteries. The former is often referred to as the anterior circulation, while the latter is referred to as the posterior circulation. The basilar artery system consists of the main vertebral artery, the basilar artery, and their branches. Most of the vertebral arteries originate from the subclavian arteries and a few can be issued by the aorta. They rise in the C6 to C1 cervical transverse process holes, and then bypass the occipital foramen into the skull from the posterior circle. The intracranial vertebral artery is located on the ventral side of the lower medullary On the surface, two vertebral arteries merge into the basilar artery on the caudal side of the pontine. The vertebral artery branches include the posterior spinal artery, anterior spinal artery, and posterior inferior cerebellar artery. In addition, the meningeal branch supplies the meninges of the posterior cranial fossa (including the cerebellum). The vertebral artery is generally divided into 3 segments, namely the intravertebral segment, the ring vertebral axis segment and the intracranial segment.