auditory nerve

auditory nerve
noun
a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
• Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve
• Part Holonyms: ↑auditory system

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noun also auditory
: either of the 8th pair of cranial nerves being a sensory nerve composed of two parts: (1) a part arising in the spiral ganglion of the cochlea and serving to conduct sensory stimuli from the organ of hearing to the brain and (2) a part arising from the vestibular ganglion of the internal auditory meatus and serving to conduct stimuli having to do with the maintenance of bodily equilibrium, the two entering the brain together through the lateral wall of the medulla — called also respectively (1) cochlear nerve, (2) vestibular nerve; see ear illustration

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Anat.
either one of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the organs of hearing and from the semicircular canals to the brain. Also called acoustic nerve.
[1715-25]

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auditory nerve UK US noun [countable] [singular auditory nerve plural auditory nerves] medical
a nerve in your ear that sends signals relating to hearing and balance from your inner ear to your brain
Thesaurus: ear and hearinghyponym general words for the face or its featuressynonym

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auditory nerve,
a sensory nerve consisting of two fibers or branches, the cochlear, that carries impulses stimulated by sound to the brain, and the vestibular, that carries impulses in maintaining equilibrium.

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