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anterior inferior cerebellar artery
Branch-of: basilar artery
Branches:
-> internal auditory artery or labyrinthine artery (occasionally)
Distribution:
1) cerebellar cortex & underlying white matter of inferior surface of cerebellum anteriorly
2) parts of central cerebellar nuclei
3) choroid plexus in cerebellopontine angle
Anastomoses: posterior inferior cerebellar artery
Pathology:
vertebrobasilar stroke
- occlusion may cause peripheral & central symptoms
- central vertigo
- occlusion of the internal auditory artery may cause isolated vertigo [4]
- sudden unilateral hearing loss
- ipsilateral facial weakness or anesthesia
- lateral gaze palsy
- Horner syndrom
- nystagmus
- cerebellar dysmetria
- contralateral ansesthesia
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: anterior inferior cerebellar artery
ORIGIN: basilar artery
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Barr. the Human Nervous System. Harper & Row 2nd ed., 1974
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9)
Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2016
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium