title: The vertebral artery: its relationship with adjoining tissues in its course intra and inter transverse processes in man.
abstract: The authors study the vertebral artery from its origin to termination, especially in its course inter and intra transverse process and show its relation to venous and nervous structures, as well as its behavior toward adjacent conjunctive tissue. They discuss the relation of the anatomy to the physiopathology of the vertebral artery and come to the conclusion that the vertebral artery is fixed to adjacent structures in the fibrous osteomuscular tunnel by means of a continuous lamina of collagen along its entire course and that there is considerable independence between the artery and the branches of these final nerves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Chopard
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: de Miranda Neto
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Chopard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000294:innervation; D005260:Female; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D014680:Veins; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*