eighth cranial nerve
eighth cranial nerve · eighth cranial nerves
Synonym of vestibulocochlear nerveSynonym of vestibulocochlear nerve.
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of vestibulocochlear nerve.
More definitions
- a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
Forms
plural: eighth cranial nerves| Singular | eighth cranial nerve |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea:acoustic nerveauditory nervevestibulocochlear nervenervus vestibulocochlearis