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Morphological study on the rootlets comprising the root of the intermediate nerve.
Anatomical science international - 1 Jun 2003
Oh Chang-Seok, Chung In-Hyuk, Lee Kyu-Seok, Tanaka Shigenori
Abstract excerpt
The number and arising sites of the rootlet comprising the intermediate nerve root were investigated in 100 sides of human brains. The arising sites of the rootlets were the pons halfway between the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves (31.9%), the arising portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve on the pons (28.8%) and the stem of the vestibulocochlear nerve (15.9%). The number of roots varied from one to five,...
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