Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The vertebral arteries are major arteries of the neck. They branch from the subclavian arteries and merge to form the single midline basilar artery in a complex called the vertebrobasilar system which supplies blood to the posterior part of the circle of Willis and thus significant portions of the brain.

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