- ramus vestibularis posterior arteriae vestibulocochlearis
- [TA] posterior vestibular branch of vestibulocochlear artery: a branch that supplies the saccule, basal end of the cochlea, and most of the semicircular canals.
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ramus vestibularis posterior arteriae vestibulocochlearis
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