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Special somatic afferent fibers

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Afferent nerve fibers

Special somatic afferent fibers (SSA) are the afferent nerve fibers that carry information from the special senses of vision, hearing and balance. The cranial nerves containing SSA fibers are the optic nerve (CN II) and the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII).

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References

  1. Drake et al. (2010), Gray's Anatomy for Students, 2nd Ed., Churchill Livingstone.
  2. Standring, Susan, ed. (2016). "Overview of the nervous system". Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (41 ed.). Elsevier. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9.

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