vestibulocochlear artery
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Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
Labyrinthine artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria labyrinthi, arteria auditiva interna GraySubject = 148 GrayPage = 580 Width = 250 Caption = Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain. (Internal auditory artery labeled at center… … Wikipedia
branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery … Medical dictionary
Ramus — In anatomy, a branch, such as a branch of a blood vessel or nerve. For example, the ramus acetabularis arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis is the branch of an artery that goes to the socket of the hip joint. The plural of ramus is rami. * * *… … Medical dictionary
arteria — SYN: artery. SEE ALSO: branch. [L. from G. a., the windpipe, later an artery as distinct from a vein] a. acetabuli SYN: acetabular branch. arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores [TA] SYN: anterior superior alveolar arteries, under artery. a.… … Medical dictionary
vena vestibulocochlearis — [TA] vestibulocochlear vein: a vena comitans of the vestibulocochlear artery, emptying into the vein of cochlear aqueduct … Medical dictionary
arteria vestibulocochlearis — [TA] vestibulocochlear artery: origin, common cochlear artery; branches, cochlear and posterior vestibular branches; distribution, cochlea, saccule, semicircular canals … Medical dictionary
ramus cochlearis arteriae vestibulocochlearis — [TA] cochlear branch of vestibulocochlear artery: a branch that supplies the cochlea … Medical dictionary
ramus vestibularis posterior arteriae vestibulocochlearis — [TA] posterior vestibular branch of vestibulocochlear artery: a branch that supplies the saccule, basal end of the cochlea, and most of the semicircular canals … Medical dictionary
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
