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vestibular ganglion

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The ganglion of the vestibular nerve. It contains the cell bodies of the bipolar primary afferent neurons whose peripheral processes form synaptic contact with hair cells of the vestibular sensory end organs[WP,unvetted]. Distributed to the maculae of the utricle and saccule and to the ampullary crests of the semicircular ducts. The vestibular fibers arise in bipolar cells in the vestibular ganglion in the internal acoustic meatus. [ http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_8/chapter_44.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarpa%27s_ganglion ]

Synonyms: Scarpa's ganglion, vestibular part of vestibulocochlear ganglion, vestibulocochlear VIII ganglion vestibular component

Term info

database cross reference
  • BIRNLEX:2549
  • MA:0001086
  • VHOG:0000682
  • FMA:53435
  • BAMS:GvVIII
  • RETIRED_EHDAA2:0002199
  • UMLS:C0036286 (BIRNLEX:2549)
  • neuronames:495 (BIRNLEX:2549)
  • SCTID:244450009
  • EMAPA:17573
  • UMLS:C0446706 (BIRNLEX:2549)
  • UMLS:C0036286 (ncithesaurus:Vestibular_Ganglion)
  • NCIT:C33870
  • Wikipedia:Scarpa%27s_ganglion
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

has related synonym

vestibulocochlear ganglion vestibular component, nucleus nervi oculomotorii, pars medialis

id

UBERON:0002824

prefLabel

Vestibular ganglion