eighth cranial nerve

noun

Synonym of vestibulocochlear nerve.

Similar
vestibulocochlear nerveacoustic nerveauditory nervenervus vestibulocochlearis
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Meanings

nouneighth cranial nerve (plural eighth cranial nerves)

plural eighth cranial nerves

  1. anatomySynonym of vestibulocochlear nerve.

    Synonyms: vestibulocochlear nerve

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of vestibulocochlear nerve.

Similar
vestibulocochlear nerve

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
acoustic nerveauditory nervevestibulocochlear nervenervus vestibulocochlearis
Broader
cranial nerve
Also see
acoustic nerveauditory nervevestibulocochlear nerve

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