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