Preferred Name

olivocochlear bundle
Synonyms

tractus olivocochlearis

Definitions

bundle of nerve fibers which arise from cells in or adjoining the superior olive and pass dorsomedially as the peduncle of the superior olive; most fibers cross the median plane and leave the brain stem with the vestibular nerve, then join the cochlear nerve and enter the cochlea; they cross the inner tunnel of the spiral organ as tunnel fibers and end primarily on the outer hair cells, presumably to modulate the function of the inner hair cells; these connections are thought to inhibit unwanted auditory impulses and sharpen frequency resolving power.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/0480-1876

altLabel

tractus olivocochlearis

cui

C0228447

definition

bundle of nerve fibers which arise from cells in or adjoining the superior olive and pass dorsomedially as the peduncle of the superior olive; most fibers cross the median plane and leave the brain stem with the vestibular nerve, then join the cochlear nerve and enter the cochlea; they cross the inner tunnel of the spiral organ as tunnel fibers and end primarily on the outer hair cells, presumably to modulate the function of the inner hair cells; these connections are thought to inhibit unwanted auditory impulses and sharpen frequency resolving power.

DID

0480-1876

Inverse of RB

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/0480-1581

notation

0480-1876

prefLabel

olivocochlear bundle

tui

T023

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/0480-1581

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