Internal auditory artery
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The labyrinthine artery (auditory artery, internal auditory artery), a long slender branch of the basilar (85%-100% cases) or anterior inferior cerebellar artery(<15% cases), arises from near the middle of the artery; it accompanies the vestibulocochlear nerve
through the internal acoustic meatus, and is distributed to the internal ear.
Vestibulocochlear nerve
The vestibulocochlear nerve is the eighth of twelve cranial nerves, and is responsible for transmitting sound and equilibrium information from the inner ear to the brain...
through the internal acoustic meatus, and is distributed to the internal ear.