A case of the A. Vertebralis sinistra direct arising from the arcus aorta
Suenaga, Y.; Takasaki, S.; Kanno, Y.; Nakamura, R.
Hokkaido Journal of Medical Science 51(1): 83-85
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0367-6102 PMID: 985798 Document Number: 102014
A case of the left vertebral artery direct arising from the Arcus aorta, falling under C-type in ADACHI (1928), was encountered among the corpses dissected for practice in Hokkaido University, school of medicine. The Arcus aorta has four branches; Truncus brachiocephalicus, A. carotis communis sinistra, A. vertebralis sinistra, and A. subclavia sinistra. The A.vertebralis sinistra has passed through at first into Foramen transvwrsarium of the vertebra cervicales quintus (C5). The length of this artery between the origin of the Arcus aorta and the fifth cervicales was 120 mm. The other measurements of arteries were shown in table 1.