Internal auditory veins

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Vein: Internal auditory veins
Latin	venae labyrinthi
Gray's	subject #232 1059
Drains to	inferior petrosal sinus, transverse sinuses
Artery	internal auditory artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12850788

The veins of the vestibule and semicircular canals accompany the arteries, and, receiving those of the cochlea at the base of the modiolus, unite to form the internal auditory veins (or veins of labyrinth) which end in the posterior part of the superior petrosal sinus or in the transverse sinus.

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