labyrinthine artery
A long slender branch of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (85%-100% cases) or basilar artery (<15% cases), arises from near the middle of the artery; it accompanies the vestibulocochlear nerve through the internal acoustic meatus, and is distributed to the internal ear. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinthine_artery ]
Synonyms: arteria auditiva interna, internal auditory artery, arteria labyrinthi
Term info
- Wikipedia:Labyrinthine_artery
- NCIT:C32834
- FMA:50548
- SCTID:148672009
- EMAPA:37093 (MA:th)
human_reference_atlas
artery of inner ear
uberon
UBERON:0018231
Labyrinthine artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- head blood vessel
- artery
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some internal ear
- connected to some anterior inferior cerebellar artery