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Vestibular ganglion
Introduction
The vestibular ganglion (also called Scarpa’s ganglion) is the ganglion of the vestibular nerve. It contains the cell bodies of the primary afferent neurons whose peripheral processes form synaptic contact with hair cells of the vestibular sensory end organs.
External links
Editor-In-Chief: Template:Infobox Nerve C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]