The tumor may develop within the auditory canal, where the vestibulocochlear nerve which supplies the inner ear penetrates the skull (intracanalicular neuroma) or outside the canal (extra-canalicular neuroma). The vestibulocochlear nerve has two components, the auditory and vestibular portions.
STAR TREK. Long before she played Dr. Katherine Pulaski in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Diana Muldaur did two guest appearances in Star Trek: The Original Series. Her first role in Star Trek: TOS, Dr. Ann Mulhall, served as an astrobiologist aboard the USS Enterprise. Diana's second role in TOS, Dr. Miranda Jones, was a blind telepath.
Yvonne Craig (Batgirl and the green alien girl on Star Trek) RIP. Yvonne Craig, the first and best Batgirl on television who also played the green-skinned alien Marta on the original Star Trek episode Whom Gods Destroy, has died of breast cancer. She was 78. Before becoming an actor, Craig was a professional ballet dancer.