Cochlear Nerve
Synonyms
Acoustic Nerve
Acoustic Nerves
Auditory Nerve
Auditory Nerves
Cochlear Nerves
Nerve, Acoustic
Nerve, Auditory
Nerve, Cochlear
Nerves, Acoustic
Nerves, Auditory
Nerves, Cochlear
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.