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Descriptor
English
:
Cochlear Nerve
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Nervio Coclear
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Nervo Coclear
Synonyms
English
:
Acoustic Nerve
Auditory Nerve
Tree Number:
A08.800.800.120.910.120
Definition
English
:
The cochlear part of the 8th cranial nerve (
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE
). The
cochlear nerve
fibers originate from
neurons
of the
SPIRAL GANGLION
and project peripherally to cochlear hair cells and centrally to the cochlear nuclei (
COCHLEAR NUCLEUS
) of the
BRAIN STEM
. They mediate the sense of
hearing.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
dis: coord IM with
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES
(IM); neopl: coord IM with
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES
(IM) +
CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS
(IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
History Note
English
:
1963; for AUDITORY NERVE use VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE 1979-1999; for ACOUSTIC NERVE use VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE 1963-1999
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
3085
Unique Identifier:
D003056
Occurrence in VHL
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