vestibular nerve

Origin

vestibulocochlear nerve

Innervation

(via branches)

• hair cells in the ampullae of the semicircular ducts
• macula of the saccule & utricle
• cell bodies of the vestibular ganglion

Branches

• saccular nerve
• posterior ampullary nerve
• utriculoampullar nerve

Notes

• part of the vestibulochochlear nerve peripheral to the vestibular root
• it carries central processes of bipolar neurons.

More general terms

• peripheral nerve

Additional terms

• posterior ampullary nerve
• saccular nerve
• utriculoampullar nerve
• vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)

Component of

• vestibular system