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The vertebral arteries join to form the _______________________________, which sends off several small branches, called _______________________________,...

The vertebral arteries join to form the _______________________________, which sends off several small branches, called _______________________________, to the pons. The anterior inferior cerebellar arteries, which branch from the _______________________________, and the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries, which branch from the_______________________________, supply the _______________________________.

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The vertebral arteries join to form basilar artery which sends off several branches called pontine branches to the pons. The anterior inferior cerebellar arteries from basilar artery and posterior inferior cerebellar arteries from vertebral artery supply the cerebellum.

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