Methods : anatomic observation and blood vessel casting on 20 cadaveric specimens , as well as spinal cord angiography on 9 adults were taken to analyze medullary arteries and its anastomosis with the intercostal arteries or lumbar artery pertinent to thoracolumbar spinal surgery 方法: 20俱尸体运用解剖、血管铸型及9例成年人常规进行超选择性脊柱脊髓血管造影等方法,对脊柱脊髓血管应用解剖较系统地研究,了解脊柱脊髓血供及代偿通路。