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Auditory nerve   /ˈɔdɪtˌɔri nərv/   Listen
Auditory nerve

noun
1.
A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea.  Synonyms: acoustic nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve.






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"Auditory nerve" Quotes from Famous Books



... division of most of the observed disturbances of speech of both kinds. In the first class, which comprises the impressive processes, we have to consider every functional disturbance of the peripheral ear, of the auditory nerve and of the central ends of the auditory nerve; in the second class, viz., the expressive processes, we consider every functional disturbance of the apparatus required for articulation, including the nerves belonging to this in their ...
— The Mind of the Child, Part II • W. Preyer



Words linked to "Auditory nerve" :   cranial nerve, acoustic nerve, auditory system, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve



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