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more lateral fascicles of the ascending limb of the facial root, 

 and appear to be partly of heterolateral origin. 



The fibres arising in the chief vestibular nucleus cross to 

 the opposite side, where they course through the reticular 

 formation to make various reflex connections. Fuse states 

 that many of these fibres are uncrossed in the rat. 



The complexity of the cochlear and vestibular systems is 

 probably considerably greater than is indicated by the fore- 

 going account, as has been shown by Winkler to be the case 

 in the rabbit. 



