Medical Dictionary

internal auditory artery

noun

Medical Definition of INTERNAL AUDITORY ARTERY

:  a long slender artery that arises from the basilar artery or one of its branches, accompanies the auditory nerve through the internal auditory canal, and is distributed to the inner ear—called also internal auditory, labyrinthine artery

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