MR internal auditory canals axial - 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. medulla oblongata

  2. occipital condyle

  3. falx cerebelli

  4. cerebellar tonsil

  5. pars vascularis of jugular foramen

  6. cerebellar hemisphere

  7. premedullary cistern

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

  9. cisternal segment of the vagus nerve

  10. cisternal segment of the glossopharyngeal nerve

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

  12. cochlear aqueduct

  13. flocculus

  14. uvula of the vermis

  15. posterior semicircular canal

  16. basal turn of the cochlea

  17. sigmoid sinus

  18. clivus

  19. transverse sinus

  20. middle cerebellar peduncle

  21. cisternal segment of the vestibulocochlear nerve

  22. cisternal segment of the facial nerve

  23. apical turn of the cochlea

  24. vestibule

  25. petrous segment of the internal carotid artery

  26. anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  27. cerebellopontine angle cistern

  28. internal auditory (acoustic) canal

  29. lateral semicircular canal

  30. intracanalicular loop of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  31. middle turn of the cochlea

  32. canalicular segment of the vestibulocochlear nerve

  33. canalicular segment of the facial nerve

  34. porus acousticus

  35. abducens nerve

  36. fourth ventricle

  37. basilar artery

  38. Dorello’s canal

  39. Meckel’s cave

  40. superior (anterior) semicircular canal

  41. pons

  42. cisternal (preganglionic) segment of the trigeminal nerve

  43. trigeminal ganglion

  44. straight sinus

  45. porus trigeminus

  46. cisternal segment of the trochlear nerve

  47. cavernous segment of the internal carotid artery

  48. tentorium cerrebelli

  49. vermis

  50. prepontine cistern

  51. superior cerebellar peduncle

Normal MRI IAMs without labels

mri

The same normal MRI IAMs without labels for reference.

Case Discussion

The labeled structures are (excluding the correct side):

  1. medulla oblongata

  2. occipital condyle

  3. falx cerebelli

  4. cerebellar tonsil

  5. pars vascularis of jugular foramen

  6. cerebellar hemisphere

  7. premedullary cistern

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

  9. cisternal segment of the vagus nerve

  10. cisternal segment of the glossopharyngeal nerve

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

  12. cochlear aqueduct

  13. flocculus

  14. uvula of the vermis

  15. posterior semicircular canal

  16. basal turn of the cochlea

  17. sigmoid sinus

  18. clivus

  19. transverse sinus

  20. middle cerebellar peduncle

  21. cisternal segment of the vestibulocochlear nerve

  22. cisternal segment of the facial nerve

  23. apical turn of the cochlea

  24. vestibule

  25. petrous segment of the internal carotid artery

  26. anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  27. cerebellopontine angle cistern

  28. internal auditory (acoustic) canal

  29. lateral semicircular canal

  30. intracanalicular loop of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery

  31. middle turn of the cochlea

  32. canalicular segment of the vestibulocochlear nerve

  33. canalicular segment of the facial nerve

  34. porus acousticus

  35. abducens nerve

  36. fourth ventricle

  37. basilar artery

  38. Dorello’s canal

  39. Meckel’s cave

  40. superior (anterior) semicircular canal

  41. pons

  42. cisternal (preganglionic) segment of the trigeminal nerve

  43. trigeminal ganglion

  44. straight sinus

  45. porus trigeminus

  46. cisternal segment of the trochlear nerve

  47. cavernous segment of the internal carotid artery

  48. tentorium cerrebelli

  49. vermis

  50. prepontine cistern

  51. superior cerebellar peduncle

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