Anatomy of Vestibular System

Part I
 Outline
Vestibular apparatus (5 end organs)
Fluid in vestibular apparatus
Sensory epithelium of vestibular apparatus
Efferent and afferent nerve connections of
vestibular apparatus
Blood supply
 Anatomy of Vestibular Apparatus
Situated in inner ear - located in petrous part
of the temporal bone, related to middle ear
laterally and the internal acoustic meatus
medially
 Inner ear - bony labyrinth (vestibule, three
semicircular canals and the cochlea) and
membranous labyrinth (membranous ducts
and sacs)