Browsing by Author "Burdiles, A."

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    Arteria subclavia aberrante
    (2010) Inzunza H., Oscar; Burdiles, A.
    The anatomical variations involving the origin and passage of the right aberrant subclavian artery were studied, based on findings in a cadaver used for human anatomy teaching. In this case, the aortic arch gives rise to four separated branches, from right to left: right common carotid artery, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery and right subclavian artery. From its origin, the right subclavian artery runs behind the trachea and esophagus, at the level of the third thoracic vertebrae, afterwards it reassumes its normal passage to the neck. The diameter of the aortic arch and its four branches were measured. In both vertebral arteries the diameter and distance from its origin in the subclavian arteries to the origin of the subclavian arteries were measured, with the purpose of analyzing potential important asymmetries. The probable embryologic explanations for this anomaly are discussed.
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    Arteria Vertebral Izquierda Aberrante
    (2010) Inzunza H., Oscar; Burdiles, A.
    An anatomical variation of the left vertebral artery, detected in a cadaver used for teaching purposes in the Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Chile is presented. In this case, the aortic arch gives rise, from right to left, to the following branches: the brachiocephalic artery, the left common carotid artery, the aberrant vertebral left artery and, finally, the left subclavian artery. The aberrant left vertebral artery originates from the top of the aortic arch, presenting here a diameter of 4 mm, then ascends to the left of the common carotid ipsilateral, over the anterolateral aspect of the spine, making contact with cardiac branches of the cervical sympathetic trunk. After ascending 95 mm, occupying the upper mediastinum and the root of the neck, the artery enters the transverse foramen of the 6th cervical vertebra, where its diameter was reduced to 2.65 mm. In this paper we discuss the development of the cervical dorsal intersegmental arteries in the left antimera, process that could explain this anatomical variation.