Anatomy
cochlear nerve
coch·lear nerve [ kok-leer, koh-kleer nurv ]
Subclass of:
Acoustic Nerve
Definitions related to cochlear nerve:
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(auditory nerve) A nerve in the inner ear that transmits information about sound to the brain.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Cochlear part of the 8th cranial nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve); cochlear nerve fibers originate from neurons of the spiral ganglion and project peripherally to cochlear hair cells and centrally to the cochlear nuclei of the brain stem; mediates the sense of hearing.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The cochlear part of the 8th cranial nerve (VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE). The cochlear nerve fibers originate from neurons of the SPIRAL GANGLION and project peripherally to cochlear hair cells and centrally to the cochlear nuclei (COCHLEAR NUCLEUS) of the BRAIN STEM. They mediate the sense of hearing.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The cochlear portion of cranial nerve VIII (the vestibulocochlear nerve), which transmits auditory sensory impulses to the cochlear nucleus in the brainstem.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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