title: Anastomoses of the vestibular, cochlear, and facial nerves.
abstract: The internal auditory canal (IAC) is 10 to 17 mm in length, and the facial nerve and vestibulocochlear nerve, which consist of the cochlear nerve, the superior vestibular nerve, and the inferior vestibular nerve, run together in the IAC packaged in dura mater. Oort first described the vestibulocochlear anastomoses in 1918, which is important for the understanding of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of otologic disorders. The current study documents the existence of vestibulofacial and vestibulocochlear neural connections and topographical relationship of the nerves as part of a radiologic evaluation of 73 human temporal bones from brainstem to the lateral portion of IAC.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sacide
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ünel
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albayram
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Işık
authors.forename: Elvan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ceyhan
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isildak
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teixido
authors.forename: Yildiray
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Savas
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kiris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000294:innervation*; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*