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Vestibular ganglion

vestibular ganglion

A collection of bipolar nerve cell bodies forming a swelling on the vestibular part of the eighth nerve in the internal acoustic meatus; consists of a superior part and an inferior part connected by a narrow isthmus.

Synonym: ganglion vestibulare, scarpa's ganglion.


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