Anatomy
auditory pathway
au·di·to·ry path·way
Subclass of:
Afferent Pathways
Definitions related to auditory pathway:
  • Cochlear nuclei give rise to two bundles, the trapezoid body and dorsal acoustic stria, which rejoin as the lateral lemniscus and continue via the inferior colliculus to the auditory cortex.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • NEURAL PATHWAYS and connections within the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, beginning at the hair cells of the ORGAN OF CORTI, continuing along the eighth cranial nerve, and terminating at the AUDITORY CORTEX.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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