MR internal auditory canals coronal - labeling questions

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
Diagnosis not applicable

Normal MRI IAMs (with labels)

Annotated image

The labeled structures are (excluding the correct side):

  1. Meckel’s cave

  2. clivus

  3. basilar artery

  4. trigeminal ganglion

  5. Dorello’s canal

  6. canalicular segment of the abducens nerve

  7. prepontine cistern

  8. anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  9. apical turn of the cochlea

  10. cisternal segment of the abducens nerve

  11. modiolus

  12. middle turn of the cochlea

  13. basal turn of the cochlea

  14. porus trigeminus

  15. intradural segment (V4) of the right (non dominant) vertebral artery

  16. pons

  17. falciform crest

  18. canalicular segment of the cochlear nerve

  19. internal auditory (acoustic) canal

  20. canalicular segment of the facial nerve

  21. intracanalicular loop of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  22. porus acousticus

  23. anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  24. canalicular segment of the superior vestibular nerve

  25. canalicular segment of the inferior vestibular nerve

  26. cisternal segment of the trigeminal nerve

  27. premedullary cistern

  28. medullary pyramid

  29. cochlear aqueduct

  30. vestibule

  31. lateral semicircular canal

  32. cisternal segment of the facial nerve

  33. cerebellopontine angle cistern

  34. superior (anterior) semicircular canal

  35. cisternal segment of the vestibulocochlear nerve

  36. pars vascularis of the jugular foramen

  37. intradural segment (V4) of the left (dominant) vertebral artery

  38. posterior semicircular canal

  39. cisternal segment of the glossopharyngeal nerve

  40. tentorium cerebelli

  41. cisternal segment of the vagus nerve

  42. flocculus

  43. medulla oblongata

  44. middle cerebellar peduncle

Normal MRI IAMs without labels

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The same normal MRI IAMs without labels for reference.

Case Discussion

The labeled structures are (excluding the correct side):

  1. Meckel’s cave

  2. clivus

  3. basilar artery

  4. trigeminal ganglion

  5. Dorello’s canal

  6. canalicular segment of the abducens nerve

  7. prepontine cistern

  8. anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  9. apical turn of the cochlea

  10. cisternal segment of the abducens nerve

  11. modiolus

  12. middle turn of the cochlea

  13. basal turn of the cochlea

  14. porus trigeminus

  15. intradural segment (V4) of the right (non dominant) vertebral artery

  16. pons

  17. falciform crest

  18. canalicular segment of the cochlear nerve

  19. internal auditory (acoustic) canal

  20. canalicular segment of the facial nerve

  21. intracanalicular loop of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  22. porus acousticus

  23. anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  24. canalicular segment of the superior vestibular nerve

  25. canalicular segment of the inferior vestibular nerve

  26. cisternal segment of the trigeminal nerve

  27. premedullary cistern

  28. medullary pyramid

  29. cochlear aqueduct

  30. vestibule

  31. lateral semicircular canal

  32. cisternal segment of the facial nerve

  33. cerebellopontine angle cistern

  34. superior (anterior) semicircular canal

  35. cisternal segment of the vestibulocochlear nerve

  36. pars vascularis of the jugular foramen

  37. intradural segment (V4) of the left (dominant) vertebral artery

  38. posterior semicircular canal

  39. cisternal segment of the glossopharyngeal nerve

  40. tentorium cerebelli

  41. cisternal segment of the vagus nerve

  42. flocculus

  43. medulla oblongata

  44. middle cerebellar peduncle

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