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due February 13th. Okay, let's get started. Alright, so we're going to start with some

crudden vertebral anatomy. So John, can you just tell me the basics of the anatomy of the

vertebral artery? Yeah, the vertebral artery is divided into four different segments. When

you think of V1, it originates off the subclavium, and this continues to the

the framin of C6. V2 is the framinal part of the vertebral artery, and this is

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