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noun
Each of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, transmitting sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the organs of hearing and balance in the inner ear to the brain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Synonyms: auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, eighth nerve
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cranial nerve
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