cochlear nerve

English

Noun

cochlear nerve (plural cochlear nerves)

(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, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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