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NERVUS VESTIBULOCOCHLEARIS
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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:
Hypernyms ("nervus vestibulocochlearis" is a kind of...):
cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)
Holonyms ("nervus vestibulocochlearis" is a part of...):
auditory system (the sensory system for hearing)