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spiral ganglion
Ganglion within the modiolus containing primary sensory neurons.
Function:
- relays sound (hearing) information from the spiral organ of Corti to the cochlear nucleus in the midbrain
Related
cochlear nucleus
modiolus
organ of Corti; spiral organ
General
sensory ganglion
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Clinical Anatomy Made Ridiculously Simple. Stephen
Goldberg, MedMaster Inc, Miami, 1995
Component-of
cochlea
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