Noun: auditory nerve
- A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
"The auditory nerve transmits both hearing and balance information";
- acoustic nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve
Derived forms: auditory nerves
Type of: cranial nerve
Part of: auditory system
Encyclopedia: Auditory nerve