arteria vertebralis

1. 1.

   the first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts

   Synonymsvertebral artery

   Broaderartery

Questions about arteria vertebralis

What does arteria vertebralis mean?

arteria vertebralis means "the first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts".

What is another word for arteria vertebralis?

Close synonyms include vertebral artery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arteria vertebralis a common word?

arteria vertebralis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.