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What are the 2 paired arteries that serve the brain?

What vein drains the pelvic organs? Thank you.

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The solution provides information regarding vessels in the brain and pelvic regions. The two paired arteries that serve the brain are discussed.

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There are several arteries that go to the brain. However, the largest are the right and left common carotid arteries ...

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