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vestibulocochlear nerve CN VIII ves·tib·u·lo·co·chle·ar nerve [CN VIII] [TA] a composite sensory nerve innervating the receptor cells of the membranous labyrinth; it consists of two major, anatomically and functionally distinct components, each of which have different central connections: the vestibular nerve and the cochlear nerve. Synonym(s): nervus vestibulocochlearis [CN VIII] [TA], eighth cranial nerve [CN VIII], eighth nerve, nervus acusticus [CN VIII], nervus octavus [CN VIII], nervus statoacusticus [CN VIII], octavus, statoacoustic nerveves·tib·u·lo·co·chle·ar nerve [CN VIII] (ves-tib'yū-lō-kok'lē-ăr nĕrv) [TA] A composite sensory nerve innervating the receptor cells of the membranous labyrinth; it consists of two major anatomically and functionally distinct components, each of which has different central connections: the vestibular nerve and the cochlear nerve. Synonym(s): nervus vestibulocochlearis [CN VIII] [TA] , acoustic nerve, eighth cranial nerve [CN VIII]. ves·tib·u·lo·co·chle·ar nerve [CN VIII] (ves-tib'yū-lō-kok'lē-ăr nĕrv) [TA] Composite sensory nerve innervating receptor cells of membranous labyrinth. Synonym(s): eighth cranial nerve [CN VIII], eighth nerve, nervus acusticus [CN VIII], nervus octavus [CN VIII], nervus statoacusticus [CN VIII], nervus vestibulocochlearis [CN VIII], octavus. |