cochlear branch of vestibulocochlear artery
(redirected from cochlear branch of labyrinthine artery)cochlear branch of vestibulocochlear artery
[TA]terminal branch (with posterior vestibular branch) of vestibulocochlear artery; it anatomoses with a branch of the common cochlear artery forming the spiral modiolar artery; the cochlear branch specifically supplies the spiral ganglion and cochlear duct of the basal turn of the cochlea.
Synonym(s): ramus cochlearis arteriae vestibulocochlearis [TA], cochlear branch of labyrinthine artery, ramus cochlearis arteriae labyrinthi
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coch·le·ar branch of ves·tib·u·lo·coch·le·ar ar·te·ry
(koklē-ăr branch ves-tibyū-lō-koklē-ăr ahrtĕr-ē) [TA]Terminal branch of vestibulocochlear artery.
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