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auditory nerve

auditory nerve

the branch of the eighth cranial nerve (see vestibulocochlear nerve) concerned with the sense of hearing. It originates in the cochlea, from which nerve fibers pass through several layers of nuclei in the brainstem to terminate predominantly in the auditory cortex. Also called acoustic nerve; cochlear nerve.

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