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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Vestibular Nerve
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Nervio Vestibular
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Nervo Vestibular
Synonyms
English
:
Scarpa's Ganglion
Tree Number:
A08.800.800.120.910.900
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
dis: coord IM with
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES
(IM); neopl: coord IM with
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES
(IM) +
CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS
(IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
History Note
English
:
SCARPA'S GANGLION was see under VESTIBULAR NERVE 1963-78
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
15129
Unique Identifier:
D014725
Occurrence in VHL
:
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