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Descriptor English:   Cochlear Nerve 
Descriptor Spanish:   Nervio Coclear 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Nervo Coclear 
Synonyms English:   Acoustic Nerve
Auditory Nerve  
Tree Number:   A08.800.800.120.910.120
Definition English:   The cochlear part of the 8th cranial nerve (VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE). The cochlear nerve fibers originate from neurons of the SPIRAL GANGLION and project peripherally to cochlear hair cells and centrally to the cochlear nuclei (COCHLEAR NUCLEUS) of the BRAIN STEM. They mediate the sense of hearing. 
Indexing Annotation English:   dis: coord IM with VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
History Note English:   1963; for AUDITORY NERVE use VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE 1979-1999; for ACOUSTIC NERVE use VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE 1963-1999 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
abnormalities anatomy & histology
blood supply chemistry
cytology drug effects
embryology enzymology
growth & development immunology
injuries metabolism
microbiology pathology
physiology physiopathology
parasitology radiography
radiation effects radionuclide imaging
secretion surgery
transplantation ultrastructure
ultrasonography virology
Record Number:   3085 
Unique Identifier:   D003056 

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