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Embryology of the Cranial Circulation

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Embryonic period: The embryonic period is variously described as the first 8 or 10 weeks following conception or a period of 56 days from 3 to 8 weeks during which the differentiation of the principle tissues and organs takes place.

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    Not to be confused with numbering of the cervical nerve roots and their arteries in which the nerve root is numbered by the vertebra above which they emerges, i.e. C2 root between C1 and C2 vertebrae and C8 root between C7 and D1 vertebrae.

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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). Embryology of the Cranial Circulation. In: Tutorials in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19154-1_1

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