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nal auditory meatus in company with the 7th, which passes into the 

 aqueduct of Fallopius. The 8th divides into two branches, one for the 

 cochlea, the other for the vestibule and semicircular canals. The 

 filaments of the latter branch penetrate the minute foramina seen at the 

 bottom of the internal auditory meatus, and are finally distributed in 

 the saccule, utricle, and ampullated ends of the membranous semicircular 

 canals. The cochlear branch penetrates the modiolus, and in its passage 

 detaches twigs which pass outwards in the osseous spiral lamina to reach 

 the basilar membrane. Within the spiral lamina there are numerous 

 ganglion cells placed on the course of the nerve fibres. 



