vestibular nerve

nervus vestibularis

The vestibular nerve is one of the two branches of the Vestibulocochlear nerve (the cochlear nerve being the other). It goes to the semicircular canals via the vestibular ganglion. It receives positional information. Axons of the vestibular nerve synapse in the vestibular nucleus on the lateral floor and wall of the fourth ventricle in the pons and medulla. It arises from bipolar cells in the vestibular ganglion, ganglion of Scarpa, which is situated in the upper part of the outer end of the internal auditory meatus. [WP,unvetted].

Type Nerve
Structure parente nerve of head region
Nom latin nervus vestibularis
FMA ID 53401

Questions fréquentes

What is the vestibular nerve?
The vestibular nerve is one of the two branches of the Vestibulocochlear nerve (the cochlear nerve being the other). It goes to the semicircular canals via the vestibular ganglion. It receives positional information. Axons of the vestibular nerve synapse in the vestibular nucleus on the lateral floo
What is the Latin name for the vestibular nerve?
The Latin name for the vestibular nerve is nervus vestibularis.

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