Preferred Name |
vestibular nerve |
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Synonyms |
nervus vestibularis |
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Definitions |
The vestibular part of the 8th cranial nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve). The vestibular nerve fibers arise from neurons of Scarpa's ganglion and project peripherally to vestibular hair cells and centrally to the vestibular nuclei of the brain stem. These fibers mediate the sense of balance and head position. [MeSH] |
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ID |
http://radlex.org/RID/RID12154 |
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Definition |
The vestibular part of the 8th cranial nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve). The vestibular nerve fibers arise from neurons of Scarpa's ganglion and project peripherally to vestibular hair cells and centrally to the vestibular nuclei of the brain stem. These fibers mediate the sense of balance and head position. [MeSH] |
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FMAID |
53401 |
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Has_Branch |
http://radlex.org/RID/RID12161 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12156 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12157 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12163 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12164 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12158 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12160 |
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Has_Regional_Part |
http://radlex.org/RID/RID12161 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12156 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12163 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12164 http://radlex.org/RID/RID12158 |
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label |
RID12154 |
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Part_Of | ||
Preferred_name |
vestibular nerve |
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Preferred_name_German |
nervus vestibularis |
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prefixIRI |
RID12154 |
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Synonym |
nervus vestibularis |
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UMLS_ID |
C0042598 |
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subClassOf |