anterior inferior cerebellar artery
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anterior inferior cerebellar artery (plural anterior inferior cerebellar arteries)
- (anatomy) An artery that arises from the basilar artery either alone or by a common trunk with the labyrinthine artery, divides into branches distributed to the anterior parts of the inferior surface of the cerebellum, and gives off a branch that anastomoses with the posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
- Coordinate terms: posterior inferior cerebellar artery, superior cerebellar artery
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- “anterior inferior cerebellar artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.