cochlear nerve

cochlear nerve

English

Noun

cochlear nerve (plural cochlear nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) A nerve that arises in the spiral ganglion of the cochlea and carries auditory sensory information from the organ of Corti directly to the brain.

   Hypernym: vestibulocochlear nerve

   Coordinate term: vestibular nerve

Translations

nerve

Chinese: Mandarin: 耳蝸神經／耳蜗神经 (ěrwōshénjīng, ěrguāshénjīng (Taiwan)) Finnish: kuulohermo Hungarian: hallóideg (hu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: demarên bihîstinê f

References

• “cochlear nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary