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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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibulocochlear_nerve https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471209627 ]
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
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Gray789.png
external definition
Nerve primarily composed of special somatic afferent fibers innervating the inner ear, and is involved in balance, position, and hearing.[AAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
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
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- cranial nerve and innervates some cochlea and extends_fibers_into some cochlear nucleus
Subclass of:
- cranial nerve
- develops_from some otic placode
- innervates some cochlea
- part of some vestibulo-auditory system
- extends_fibers_into some cochlear nucleus