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Spinal Vascular Anatomy with Variations

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The primitive neuraxis achieves nutrient and waste exchange via simple diffusion. Starting at approximately 4 weeks of gestation, with neural tube closure and acceleration of neural development, increasing metabolic demand exhausts diffusion capacity and stimulates formation of transverse metameric segmental (radiculomedullary) arteries that perfuse the developing spinal cord and nerve roots. These segmental vessels originate from the paired primitive dorsal and ventral aortae.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX, USA

    Yi Jonathan Zhang MD, FAANS & Sean Barber MD

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    Abhishek Agrawal

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    Gavin Britz

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Zhang, Y.J., Barber, S. (2016). Spinal Vascular Anatomy with Variations. In: Agrawal, A., Britz, G. (eds) Pediatric Vascular Neurosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43636-4_3

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