Vestibular nerve | anatomy | Britannica (original) (raw)

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    In human nervous system: Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII or 8)
    Vestibular receptors are located in the semicircular canals of the ear, which provide input on rotatory movements (angular acceleration), and in the utricle and saccule, which generate information on linear acceleration and the influence of gravitational pull. This information is relayed by the vestibular fibers,…
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• role in equilibrium
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    In inner ear: Equilibrium
    …another auditory nerve branch, the vestibular nerve, which signals the position of the head with respect to the rest of the body.
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• human ear
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    In human ear: Auditory nerve fibres
    …organ of hearing, and the vestibular nerve, which innervates the organs of equilibrium. The fibres of the cochlear nerve originate from an aggregation of nerve cell bodies, the spiral ganglion, located in the modiolus of the cochlea. The neurons of the spiral ganglion are called bipolar cells because they have…
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• vestibulocochlear nerve
  • In vestibulocochlear nerve
    The vestibular portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve originates in a group of nerve cells called the vestibular ganglion, in the internal acoustic meatus, a channel in the temporal bone through which the facial and auditory nerves and some blood vessels run. The sensory endings of this…
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