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Meanings of acoustic nerve in English

Portuguese
nervo vestibulococlear
Catalan
nervi acústic

A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea.

        nervo vestibulococlear
        Usage of acoustic nerve in English
        1
        It usually consists of a closed vesicle, filled with fluid, and containing otoliths, with the acoustic nerve expanding on its wall.
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        2
        On the thin wall of this delicate labyrinth the acoustic nerve, which comes from the after-brain, spreads out in most elaborate fashion.
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        3
        The acoustic nerve is formed from ectodermic cells of the hind brain, and develops from the nervous structure that appears at its dorsal limit.
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