单词 | acousticolateral |
释义 | acousticolateraladj. Zoology. attributive. Designating a system of nerves in fishes and many amphibians that conveys information to the brain from receptors in the inner ear and the lateral line; of or relating to this system. ΚΠ 1909 E. A. Schäfer & J. Symington Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 11) III. ii. 122 The somatic afferent fibres may be divided into (a) general cutaneous, (b) acoustico-lateral... The acoustico-lateral fibres have in great part disappeared in mammals, but the acoustic nerve belongs to this system. 1972 W. R. Mehler in A. Brodal & O. Pompeiano Basic Aspects Central Vestibular Mechanisms i. 64 Neurons in the acousticolateral area of the brain stem in the tadpole that lose their lateral-line hair cell connections in the adult frog subsequently receive fibers from the auditory apparatus hair cells. 2007 C. O. Nussbaum Musical Representation ii. 52 There is..a genuinely homologous relationship..between the acousticolateral nuclei of fishes and the human cochlear nucleus. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1909 |
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