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Abstract
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.
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- Acoustic Nerve
- Auditory Nerve
- Acoustic Nerves
- Auditory Nerves
- Cochlear Nerves
- Nerve, Acoustic
- Nerve, Auditory
- Nerve, Cochlear
- Nerves, Acoustic
- Nerves, Auditory
- Nerves, Cochlear
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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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)
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1963; for AUDITORY NERVE use VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE 1979-1999; for ACOUSTIC NERVE use VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE 1963-1999
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- National Library of Medicine. Cochlear Nerve. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003056. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003056
- Cochlear Nerve. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_nerve
- Cochlear Nerve. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2519137