arteria vertebralis vs artery

arteria vertebralis and artery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arteria vertebralis	Yes	No	No	No
artery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, artery is a hypernym of arteria vertebralis; that is, artery is a word with a broader meaning than arteria vertebralis:

arteria vertebralis: the first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts
artery: a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

Other hypernyms of arteria vertebralis include arteria, arterial blood vessel.

arteria vertebralis (noun)	artery (noun)
the first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts	a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
	a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body