vestibular ganglion

vestibular ganglion definition - medical

vestibular ganglion

noun
A collection of bipolar nerve-cell bodies forming a swelling on the vestibular part of the eighth nerve in the internal acoustic meatus and associated with the utriculoampullar and saccular nerves.

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