English Explanatory Dictionary

vestibular nerve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve that consists of bipolar neurons with cell bodies collected in the vestibular ganglion, with peripheral processes passing to the semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule, and with central processes passing to the vestibular nuclei of the medulla oblongata.

Word forms

vestibular nerve vestibular nerves
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