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Vestibulocochlear nerve
(redirected from Vestibular-cochlear Nerve)

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vestibulocochlear nerve
n.
A composite sensory nerve that emerges from the brainstem at the cerebellopontine angle, innervates the receptor cells of the membranous labyrinth, and consists of two major anatomically and functionally distinct components: the vestibular nerve and the cochlear nerve. Also called acoustic nerve, eighth cranial nerve.
Vestibulocochlear nerve (Eighth cranial nerve)
Nerve that transmits information, about hearing and balance from the ear to the brain.
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