ganglion of Scarpaanatomy

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  • function and location ( in nervous system, human: Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII or 8) )

    ...information on linear acceleration and the influence of gravitational pull. This information is relayed by the vestibular fibres, whose bipolar cell bodies are located in the vestibular (Scarpa) ganglion. The central processes of these neurons exit the temporal bone via the internal acoustic meatus and enter the brainstem alongside the facial nerve.

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