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auditory nerve
noun
, Anatomy.
- either one of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the organs of hearing and from the semicircular canals to the brain.
auditory nerve
- Either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves that carries sensory impulses from the ear to the brain. The auditory nerve transmits information related to sound and balance.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of auditory nerve1
First recorded in 1715–25
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Example Sentences
The body may be compared to a harp of two chords,—the optic nerve and the auditory nerve.
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So far as I have been able to determine, the auditory nerve and the seventh proper possess only a single root common to the two.
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I have not been able to prove that the commissure is continued forwards into the auditory nerve.
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The impulses imparted to the auditory nerve reach the brain and in some unknown way are translated into sound.
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The excitation of the auditory nerve centers compels attention.
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