Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
vestibular andcochlear nerves .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If you go back and examine figure 5, above, you'll notice that the signals from the ears are carried by cranial nerve eight, the vestibulocochlear nerve, which controls the inner ear, and cranial nerve ten, the vagus nerve, which controls, among other things, the outer ear.
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The term 'acoustic' neuroma is a misnomer as the tumor does not arise from the cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve.
Medindia Health News 2009
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The term 'acoustic' neuroma is a misnomer as the tumor does not arise from the cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve.
Medindia Health News 2009
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Vestibular schwannomas, also called acoustic neuromas, are benign tumors of the vestibulocochlear nerve.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Benjamin Arthurs 2009
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