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Dural Branches of the Vertebral Artery

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Many collateral branches arise from the vertebral artery (VA) and supply intracranial and extracranial structures (see also chapter “Vertebral Artery”). In addition to the several spinal arteries, from C6 to C1 involved in the dura mater vascularization of the cervical spine, which is not the aim of this chapter, the VA gives rise to two meningeal branches, which supply the dura of the inferior posterior fossa: the anterior meningeal artery and the posterior meningeal artery.

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  1. Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besancon, France

    F. Di Caterino

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland

    M. Pileggi

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  1. University of the Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland

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  2. Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France

    Sara Bonasia

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    Michel W. Bojanowski

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    Di Caterino, F., Pileggi, M. (2023). Dural Branches of the Vertebral Artery. In: Robert, T., Bonasia, S., Bojanowski, M.W. (eds) Anatomy of Cranial Arteries, Embryology and Variants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32913-5_27

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