Meningeal branches of vertebral artery

Meningeal branches of vertebral artery
Details
Sourcevertebral artery
Suppliesmeninges
Identifiers
Latinrami meningei arteriae vertebralis
TA98A12.2.08.011
TA24541
FMA71506
Anatomical terminology

The meningeal branches of vertebral artery (posterior meningeal branch) springs from the vertebral opposite the foramen magnum, ramifies between the bone and dura mater in the cerebellar fossa, and supplies the falx cerebelli.

It is frequently represented by one or two small branches.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 578 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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