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labyrinthine artery

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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

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database cross reference
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human_reference_atlas

has broad synonym

artery of inner ear

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UBERON:0018231

prefLabel

Labyrinthine artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606