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The radiculospinal arteries supply the spinal cord and its nerve roots. These arteries were termed ‘radicular’, ‘radiculopial’ and ‘radiculomedullary’ by Tanon [1] because they individually provide one of three types of supply to the neural tissue. The radicular artery supplies nerve roots only; the radiculopial artery supplies nerve root and pial plexus (white matter), and the radiculomedullary artery supplies roots, pial plexus and cord medulla (grey matter).

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology The John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headley Way, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK

    Dr. James Vincent Byrne

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Byrne, J.V. (2012). Spinal Vascular Anatomy. In: Tutorials in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19154-1_4

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