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acous·tic nerve

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nervenoun

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

Wikipedia

  1. acoustic nerve

    The vestibulocochlear nerve or auditory vestibular nerve, also known as the eighth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VIII, or simply CN VIII, is a cranial nerve that transmits sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the brain. Through olivocochlear fibers, it also transmits motor and modulatory information from the superior olivary complex in the brainstem to the cochlea.

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  1. acoustic nerve

    The acoustic nerve, also known as the vestibulocochlear nerve, is the eighth cranial nerve in the human body. It is responsible for transmitting sound and balance information from the inner ear to the brain. This nerve is composed of two separate parts - the cochlear nerve, which carries sound information, and the vestibular nerve, which carries balance information. Damage or impairment to the acoustic nerve can result in hearing loss, tinnitus, and problems with balance or equilibrium.

Entomology

  1. Acoustic nerve

    connects the auditory pits or other organs of hearing with special ganglia.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of acoustic nerve in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of acoustic nerve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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