球囊神经
Nervus saccularis
定义
球囊神经的传入纤维主要起自球囊斑的下方杆状部分。它们在前庭神经下支中走行，并与来自后半规管的传入纤维伴行。其余部分球囊神经传入纤维还起自球囊斑的上方钩状部分。它们在前庭神经上支中走行，并与来自水平半规管、前半规管及椭圆囊的传入纤维伴行。
前庭神经上支和下支中的神经元分别到达前庭神经节的上部和下部。
參考資料
Iwasaki, S., Chihara, Y., Smulders, Y.E., Burgess, A.M., Halmagyi, G.M., Curthoys, I.S. and Murofushi, T. (2009). The role of the superior vestibular nerve in generating ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials to bone conducted vibration at Fz. Clinical Neurophysiology, 120(3), pp.588-593 & Fig 1.
Himmelein, S., Lindemann, A., Sinicina, I., Horn, A.K.E., Brandt, T., Strupp, M. and Hüfner, K. (2017). Differential Involvement during Latent Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection of the Superior and Inferior Divisions of the Vestibular Ganglia: Implications for Vestibular Neuritis. Journal of Virology. 91(14), e00331-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00331-17
