vestibulocochlear nerve

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The acoustic nerve.

vestibulocochlear nerve [vɛˌstɪbjʊːlə ˈkɒklɪə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) either one of the eight pairs of cranial nerves that supply the cochlea and semicircular canals of the internal ear and contribute to the sense of hearing Formerly called acoustic nerve

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vestibulocochlear nerve - a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea

acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis

auditory system - the sensory system for hearing

cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem

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