Term Name: | vestibulocochlear nerve |
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Synonyms: | 8n, acoustic nerve (Crosby), acoustic VIII nerve, CN-VIII, cochlear-vestibular nerve, cochleovestibular nerve, cranial nerve VIII, eighth cranial nerve, nervus octavus, nervus statoacusticus, nervus vestibulocochlearis, octaval nerve, stato-acoustic nerve, statoacoustic nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve [VIII], vestibulocochlear nerve tree, vestibulocochlear VIII nerve, VIII nerve, VIIIth cranial nerve |
Definition: | Cranial nerve that transmits sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the brain. |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0001648] |