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    The spinal cord receives its blood supply from a single anterior spinal artery and two posterior spinal arteries originating from the vertebral arteries. These longitudinal arteries are joined by segmental arteries that also give rise to anterior and posterior radicular arteries supplying the dorsal and ventral roots. The largest segmental artery, the artery of Adamkiewicz, supplies blood to the lower two-thirds of the spinal cord. Spinal veins drain into segmental radicular veins that ultimately collect in the internal vertebral veins.

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    The spinal cord receives its blood supply from a single anterior spinal artery and two posterior spinal arteries originating from the vertebral arteries. These longitudinal arteries are joined by segmental arteries that also give rise to anterior and posterior radicular arteries supplying the dorsal and ventral roots. The largest segmental artery, the artery of Adamkiewicz, supplies blood to the lower two-thirds of the spinal cord. Spinal veins drain into segmental radicular veins that ultimately collect in the internal vertebral veins.

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    The spinal cord receives its blood supply from a single anterior spinal artery and two posterior spinal arteries originating from the vertebral arteries. These longitudinal arteries are joined by segmental arteries that also give rise to anterior and posterior radicular arteries supplying the dorsal and ventral roots. The largest segmental artery, the artery of Adamkiewicz, supplies blood to the lower two-thirds of the spinal cord. Spinal veins drain into segmental radicular veins that ultimately collect in the internal vertebral veins.

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    The spinal cord receives its blood supply from a single anterior spinal artery and two posterior spinal arteries originating from the vertebral arteries. These longitudinal arteries are joined by segmental arteries that also give rise to anterior and posterior radicular arteries supplying the dorsal and ventral roots. The largest segmental artery, the artery of Adamkiewicz, supplies blood to the lower two-thirds of the spinal cord. Spinal veins drain into segmental radicular veins that ultimately collect in the internal vertebral veins.

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    Spinal Arteries

    Venous Plexus

    A single
    anterior spinal artery and two posterior spinal arteries, originating intracranially from the
    vertebral arteries, run longitudinally along the length of the cord and are joined segmentally in
    each region by segmental arteries (Fig. 2-20). The largest of these segmental branches is the
    major segmental artery (of Adamkiewicz), found in the lower thoracic or upper lumbar region;
    it is the major blood supply for the lower two thirds of the spinal cord. The dorsal and ventral
    roots are supplied by segmental radicular (medullary) arteries.

    Multiple anterior and posterior spinal veins run the length of the cord and drain into segmental
    (medullary) radicular veins (see Fig. 2-9). Radicular veins receive tributaries from the internal
    vertebral veins that course within the vertebral canal. Radicular veins then drain into segmental
    veins, with the blood ultimately collecting in the following locations
    After entering an intervertebral foramen, the segmental spinal arteries give rise to anterior and
    posterior radicular arteries (Fig. 2.49). This occurs at every vertebral level. The radicular
    arteries follow, and supply, the anterior and posterior roots. At various vertebral levels, the
    segmental spinal arteries also give off segmental medullary arteries (Fig. 2.49). These
    vessels pass directly to the longitudinally oriented vessels, reinforcing these.

    The longitudinal vessels consist of:

    1. ▪

    a single anterior spinal artery, which originates within the cranial cavity as the union of
    two vessels that arise from the vertebral arteries—the resulting single anterior spinal
    artery passes inferiorly, approximately parallel to the anterior median fissure, along the
    surface of the spinal cord; and

    2. ▪

    two posterior spinal arteries, which also originate in the cranial cavity, usually arising
    directly from a terminal branch of each vertebral artery (the posterior inferior cerebellar
    artery)—the right and left posterior spinal arteries descend along the spinal cord, each as
    two branches that bracket the posterolateral sulcus and the connection of posterior roots
    with the spinal cord.

    The anterior and posterior spinal arteries are reinforced along their length by eight to ten
    segmental medullary arteries (Fig. 2.49). The largest of these is the arteria radicularis magna
    or the artery of Adamkiewicz (Fig. 2.49). This vessel arises in the lower thoracic or upper
    lumbar region, usually on the left side, and reinforces the arterial supply to the lower portion of
    the spinal cord, including the lumbar enlargement.

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