labyrinthine artery

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Noun1.labyrinthine artery - an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinthlabyrinthine artery - an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth
inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth - a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
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It fused rostrally with both caudal communicating arteries in the median plane and gave off arteries suppling the pons, labyrinthine artery and caudal and rostral cerebellar arteries (Fig.
(14,15) The majority of the risk factors for SNHI reported in the literature are related to the cardiovascular system, as the inner ear may be vulnerable to circulatory alterations that can affect the labyrinthine artery.
The blood supply to this region of the facial nerve is the labyrinthine artery, a branch of AICA.
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