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anterior vestibular artery
Origin:
-> labyrinthine artery (terminal branch with common cochlear artery) Branch: vestibulocochlear artery
Distribution:
1) vestibular ganglion
2) utricle
3) semicircular canal (especially ampullae)
Anastomoses:
1) tympanic branches of internal carotid artery
2) ascending pharyngeal artery
3) stylomastoid artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: anterior vestibular artery
ORIGIN: internal auditory; labyrinthine artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium