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Which vessel is formed when the vertebral arteries join together at the base of the skull?
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The right and left vertebral arteries join together to form a single basilar artery at the base of the skull.
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What blood vessel conducts blood to the head?
The major arteries involved include 1) the right and left carotid arteries, and 2) the right and left vertebral arteries.
What is the main blood vessel that goes to the brain?
Carotid arteries supply blood to brain . Blood is supplied to the entire brain by 2 pairs of arteries: the internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries. The right and left vertebral arteries come together at the base of the brain to form a single basilar artery. The basilar artery joins the blood supply of the internal carotid arteries in a ring at the base of the brain. This ring of arteries is called the circle of Willis. The circle of Willis provides a safety mechanism...if one of the arteries gets blocked, the "circle" will still provide the brain with blood.
Vessel that sends blood to organs?
Arteries
What vessel connection arteries to veins?
capillaries.
What is an occluded left vertebral artery?
Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to organs. The vertebral arteries are two major arteries that carry oxygen to the brain and spinal cord. There are two vertebral arteries, one right and one left. They begin in the chest and travel up along the sides of the vertebrae, the bony segments of the spine.An occluded vertebral artery means that there is a blockage in one of these arteries. Blockages can be partial or complete, and are often given on a percent scale (eg, 75% occluded, 80% occluded, etc.). The size of the blockage can help determine the risk of complications. Complications of blockages are varied and depend on the type of blockage being dealt with. For instance, if the blockage is due to a condition called atherosclerosis (where fatty plaques build up in the arteries), then a major complication is plaque rupture, where a piece of the plaque breaks off and lodges in a small blood vessel of the brain. This condition is called atheroembolism and can cause a stroke.If you have recently been diagnosed with an occluded vertebral artery, you should ask your doctor what the implications are. Only she will know how to best gauge your risk factors for potential complications.
A vessel that takes blood away from the heart?
arteries take blood away from the heart
Which blood vessel that has the highest temperature when the body is at rest?
Systemic veins & venules
What Vessel that brings blood from the heart to the organs?
The arteries
What organs are the blood vessel and the heart?
veins and arteries
Are arteries organs?
no they aren't they are some type of vessel.
What great vessel do all arteries originate from?
The 'aorta'.
Which vessel carries blood from the heart to the lungs?
arteries
