English noun: eighth cranial nerve | |||
1. | eighth cranial nerve (body) a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea | ||
Synonyms | acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cranial nerve | ||
Part meronym | auditory system | ||