Anatomy

Lateral Vestibular Nucleus

Vestibular nucleus lying immediately superior to the inferior vestibular nucleus and composed of large multipolar nerve cells. Its upper end becomes continuous with the superior vestibular nucleus.

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Vestibular nucleus lying immediately superior to the inferior vestibular nucleus and composed of large multipolar nerve cells. Its upper end becomes continuous with the superior vestibular nucleus.

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  • Deiter Nucleus
  • Deiter's Nucleus
  • Nucleus Vestibularis Lateralis
  • Nucleus Vestibularis Magnocellularis
  • Nucleus of Deiters
  • Vestibular Nucleus, Lateral
  • Deiters Nucleus
  • Nucleus Vestibularis Laterali
  • Nucleus Vestibularis Magnocellulari
  • Nucleus, Deiter
  • Nucleus, Deiter's
  • Nucleus, Lateral Vestibular
  • Vestibularis Laterali, Nucleus
  • Vestibularis Lateralis, Nucleus
  • Vestibularis Magnocellulari, Nucleus
  • Vestibularis Magnocellularis, Nucleus

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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2000(1975); use VESTIBULAR NUCLEI 1967-1974

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lateral Vestibular Nucleus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003689. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003689
  2. Lateral Vestibular Nucleus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_vestibular_nucleus
  3. Lateral Vestibular Nucleus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6495728