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Cochlear Nerve

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Definition: 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.  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)   
Examples Spiral Ganglion 		Other names Auditory Nerve; Acoustic Nerve; Nerves, Cochlear; Nerves, Auditory; Nerves, Acoustic; Nerve, Cochlear; Nerve, Auditory; Nerve, Acoustic; Cochlear Nerves; Auditory Nerves; Acoustic Nerves

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