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Vertebral Artery. The vertebral artery is one of the main arteries at the base of the neck and is the first branch of the subclavian artery. It later unites to create the basilar artery in a complex named the vertebrobasilar system. This system provides important areas of the brain with blood.
These arteries fuse together and form the basilar artery which supplies blood to the back of the brain. The blood travelling from the back of the head through the basilar artery and the blood traveling from the front of the head through the internal carotid arteries meet at the circle of Willis.