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The authors investigated the rotation of the facial nerve (FN), superior vestibular nerve (SVN), inferior vestibular nerve (IVN), and cochlear nerve (CN) in the internal auditory canal (IAC) and cerebellopontine cistern in human volunteers and compared their results with those reported in cadaver studies.<\/jats:p><jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Methods.<\/jats:italic> The IACs and cerebellopontine cisterns of 30 normal adults (34 sides) were examined using magnetic resonance (MR) cisternography with a heavily T<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-weighted two-dimensional fast spin\u2014echo technique. The positions of the four components were unaffected by the presence of the meatal loop of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery in the IAC. The spatial relationship between the FN and SVN was quite constant, but the spatial relationship between the CN and SVN was quite variable: the former changed position, mainly in the IAC, on nine (26.5%) of 34 sides, and in the cerebellopontine cistern on the other sides (73.5%), conflicting with findings in cadaver studies.<\/jats:p><jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Conclusions.<\/jats:italic> It is more accurate to describe the CN and IVN as coursing beneath the SVN in either the IAC or cerebellopontine cistern, rather than stating that the three components rotate, as reported in cadaver studies. 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