vertebral artery

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsarteria vertebralis

   Broaderartery

Questions about vertebral artery

What does vertebral artery mean?

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

What is another word for vertebral artery?

Close synonyms include arteria vertebralis. 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 vertebral artery a common word?

vertebral artery 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.