loading...| Preferred Name |
Vestibulocochlear Nerve |
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| Synonyms |
Cranial Nerve Eight Vestibulocochlear Nerve Vestibulocochlear nerve structure (body structure) Eighth Cranial Nerve VIIIth Cranial Nerve Cranial Nerve VIII VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE |
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| Definitions |
The eighth cranial nerve composed of the acoustic nerve and the vestibular nerve. The nerve travels from the inner ear, enters the cranial cavity through the internal auditory foramen and joins the brainstem. The auditory nerve conveys impulses from the cochlea of the inner ear to the auditory nuclei of the brainstem. The vestibular nerve carries information from the labyrinths of the inner ear to the vestibular nuclei of the brainstem. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12996 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
The eighth cranial nerve. |
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| code |
C12996 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193234 |
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CDISC mCode |
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| DEFINITION |
The eighth cranial nerve composed of the acoustic nerve and the vestibular nerve. The nerve travels from the inner ear, enters the cranial cavity through the internal auditory foramen and joins the brainstem. The auditory nerve conveys impulses from the cochlea of the inner ear to the auditory nuclei of the brainstem. The vestibular nerve carries information from the labyrinths of the inner ear to the vestibular nuclei of the brainstem. |
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| Display_Name |
Vestibulocochlear Nerve |
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| FULL_SYN |
Cranial Nerve Eight Vestibulocochlear Nerve Vestibulocochlear nerve structure (body structure) Eighth Cranial Nerve VIIIth Cranial Nerve Cranial Nerve VIII VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE |
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| label |
Vestibulocochlear Nerve |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Vestibulocochlear_Nerve |
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| Preferred_Name |
Vestibulocochlear Nerve |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C12996 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0001162 |
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