EIGHTH CRANIAL NERVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea

Synonyms:

acoustic nerve; auditory nerve; eighth cranial nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("eighth cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("eighth cranial nerve" is a part of...):

auditory system (the sensory system for hearing)

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