lateral ampullar nerve

n.

A branch of the utriculoampullar nerve that supplies the ampullary crest of the lateral semicircular duct of the ear.

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Nearby words

later han, later on, laterad, lateral, lateral aberration, lateral ampullar nerve, lateral bud, lateral canal, lateral cartilage of nose, lateral cerebral sulcus, lateral column of spinal cord

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