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Eighth Cranial Nerve

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a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea

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synonym
acoustic nerve
plural
Eighth Cranial Nerves
possessive
Eighth Cranial Nerve's
pluralpossessive
Eighth Cranial Nerves'

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a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea

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