HyperDic: vestibulocochlear_nerve

English > 1 sense of the expression vestibulocochlear nerve:
NOUNbodyvestibulocochlear nerve, acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nervea composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
English > vestibulocochlear nerve: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea.
Synonymsacoustic nerve, auditory nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve
Part ofauditory systemThe sensory system for hearing
Broadercranial nerveAny of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
Spanishnervio acústico, nervio auditivo, nervus vestibulocochlearis
Catalannervi acústic, nervus vestibulocochlearis

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