Anatomy
vestibular nerve
[ ve-stib-yuh-ler nurv ]
Subclass of:
Vestibular System; Acoustic Nerve
Definitions related to vestibular nerve:
  • One of the two branches of cranial nerve VIII (vestibulocochlear nerve), which transmits sensory information transmitted from vestibular hair cells located in the utricle, the saccule, and the three semicircular canals.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The vestibular part of the 8th cranial nerve (VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE). The vestibular nerve fibers arise from neurons of Scarpa's ganglion and project peripherally to vestibular hair cells and centrally to the VESTIBULAR NUCLEI of the BRAIN STEM. These fibers mediate the sense of balance and head position.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Vestibular part of the 8th cranial nerve, mediating sense of balance and head position.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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