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NERVUS VESTIBULOCOCHLEARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nervus vestibulocochlearis mean? 

NERVUS VESTIBULOCOCHLEARIS (noun)
  The noun NERVUS VESTIBULOCOCHLEARIS has 1 sense:

1. a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochleaplay

  Familiarity information: NERVUS VESTIBULOCOCHLEARIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NERVUS VESTIBULOCOCHLEARIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

acoustic nerve; auditory nerve; eighth cranial nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve

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)


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