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anastomosis
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anastomosis

In medicine, a connection between two vessels (usually blood vessels) in the body. Surgical anastomosis involves the deliberate joining of two vessels or hollow parts of an organ; for example, when part of the intestine has been removed and the remaining free ends are brought together and stitched.



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Segmental medullary arteries are the larger vessels that, after supplying or dorsal or ventral root, continue on to reach and anastomose with the spinal arteries, thus providing the additional extrinsic blood supply to the spinal cord.
The Mid-Roberto and Roberto zones are interpreted as being two subsidiary branches that can anastomose to form one single zone.
[9] Numerous anastomoses exist among these arteries, which collectively form an irregular net of vessels on the pia mater referred to as the "pial plexus" or "vasocorona" (Fig.
 
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