common cochlear artery

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• cochlear artery common — arteria cochlearis communis …   Medical dictionary

• 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

• 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

• 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

• arteria cochlearis propria — [TA] proper cochlear artery: origin, common cochlear artery; branches, none; distribution, cochlea. Called also cochlear artery …   Medical dictionary

• arteria cochlearis communis — [TA] common cochlear artery: origin, labyrinthine artery; branches, vestibulocochlear, proper cochlear, and spiral modiolar arteries; distribution, cochlea and vestibule …   Medical dictionary

• arteria vestibulocochlearis — [TA] vestibulocochlear artery: origin, common cochlear artery; branches, cochlear and posterior vestibular branches; distribution, cochlea, saccule, semicircular canals …   Medical dictionary

• arteria spiralis modioli — [TA] spiral modiolar artery: origin, common cochlear artery; branches, none; distribution, internal auditory meatus, running a spiral course around the auditory nerve …   Medical dictionary

• Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… …   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

• List of anatomical topics — This page aims to list articles related to anatomy. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date if you see an article that should be here but isn t (or one that shouldn t be here but is), please update the page accordingly. NOTOC A… …   Wikipedia