Riassunto
Il sistema vestibolare fornisce informazioni relative alla posizione e ai movimenti della testa nello spazio. Gli elementi recettoriali sono rappresentati dalle cellule ciliate disposte nel labirinto membranoso. Queste cellule sono presenti nelle creste ampollari delle ampolle dei canali semicircolari e nelle macule dell’utricolo e del sacculo. Gli elementi di primo ordine sono neuroni bipolari, i cui corpi sono accolti nel ganglio vestibolare, alloggiato nel meato acustico interno. I processi periferici di queste cellule fanno sinapsi con le cellule ciliate. I processi centrali delle cellule bipolari costituiscono la parte vestibolare dell’ottavo nervo cranico, che penetra nel tronco encefalico a livello della giunzione pontobulbare.
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Nieuwenhuys, R., Voogd, J., van Huijzen, C., Papa, M. (2010). Sistema vestibolare. In: Il sistema nervoso centrale. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1140-3_17
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