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cochlear nerve
Origin:
- vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
Innervation:
- 4 rows of neuroepithelial cells (hair cells) of the spiral organ
Notes:
- part of the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) peripheral to the cochlear root
- it consists of central nerve processes of bipolar neurons of the spiral ganglion
Related
cochlear nucleus
vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
General
peripheral nerve
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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