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. 2018 May 22;12:41. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00041

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3D renderings of the cochlea and round window. Color rendering of sample S1 (5.5 μm resolution) based on intensities for nervous tissue (yellow), bone and membranous structures (blue). Two perspectives (A,B) of the posterior branch of the vestibular nerve. It's nerve fibers ending in the crista ampullaris of the posterior semi-circular canal. The cochleo-saccular nerve (CSN) and the saccular nerve (SN) form a neural connection with the macula of saccule (Red dashed line, MoS). RW, Round window; SVN, Superior branch of the vestibular nerve; SSC, LSC, PSC superior, lateral and posterior semicircular canal respectively.