NOUN
- a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
How To Use eighth cranial nerve In A Sentence
- The central processes of bipolar neurons constitute the auditory component of the eighth cranial nerve, which projects centrally to the cochlear nuclei.
- Sensorineural hearing loss indicates a disease or abnormality of the inner ear or cochlear portion of the eighth cranial nerve.
- Hypothyroidism may affect equilibrium by its effect on the eighth cranial nerve and on the peripheral nerves.