vestibulocochlear nerve love

vestibulocochlear nerve

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, each of which divides to form the cochlear nerve and the vestibular nerve.

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

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