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vestibulocochlear nerve

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Cranial nerve that transmits sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the brain. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471209627 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibulocochlear_nerve ]

Term info

Label

vestibulocochlear nerve

Synonyms
  • CN-VIII
  • VIII nerve
  • VIIIth cranial nerve
  • acoustic VIII nerve
  • acoustic nerve
  • acoustic nerve (Crosby)
  • cochlear-vestibular nerve
  • cochleovestibular nerve
  • cranial nerve VIII
  • eighth cranial nerve
  • nervus vestibulocochlearis [viii]
  • stato-acoustic nerve
  • vestibulocochlear VIII nerve
  • vestibulocochlear nerve [VIII]
  • vestibulocochlear nerve tree
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
nervus octavus [ NeuroNames : 553 ]

latin term
nervus vestibulocochlearis [viii] [ FMA : 50869 FMA : TA ]

abbreviation
8n [ BIRNLEX : 890 NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

latin term
nervus statoacusticus [ NeuroNames : 553 ]

depicted by

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external definition

Nerve primarily composed of special somatic afferent fibers innervating the inner ear, and is involved in balance, position, and hearing.[AAO]

has related synonym

nervus octavus, statoacoustic nerve, octaval nerve, nervus statoacusticus, nervus vestibulocochlearis

homology notes

We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...) (reference 1); Phylogenetically, the cranial nerves are thought to have evolved from dorsal and ventral nerves of a few anterior spinal nerves that became incorporated into the braincase. Dorsal and ventral nerves fuse in the trunk but not in the head, and they produce two series: dorsal cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) and ventral cranial nerves (III, IV, VI, and XIII) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0001648