cochlear nerve

Main Entry: cochlear nerve
Function: noun
: a branch of the auditory nerve that arises in the spiral ganglion of the cochlea and conducts sensory stimuli from the organof hearing to the brain called also cochlear, cochlear branch, cochlear division

cochlear nerve n.
The cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve peripheral to the cochlear root, composed of nerve processes with terminals on the four rows of hair cells and the bipolar neurons of the spiral ganglion. Also called auditory nerve.