anterior inferior cerebellar artery

anterior inferior cerebellar artery (plural anterior inferior cerebellar arteries)

1. (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

• labyrinthine artery
• pontine artery

• “anterior inferior cerebellar artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.